Both the film's main creature-feature plot and its Gordy's Home side story present interesting themes on surveillance and the nature of spectacle. Based very, very loosely on the book of the same name, Natalie Portman is a scientist who goes in search of her husband. She enters Area X, a mutated, trippy landscape that's been expanding ever since it was hit by a meteorite. This is directed by Alex Garland, the same guy who did Ex Machina (another fascinating, freaky watch). The summer of 2023 will forever be remembered for its spectacular displays of female power, between Beyoncé and Taylor...