Natalie Portman, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and the sci-fi sisterhood behind ‘Annihilation’

Onscreen in the sci-fi odyssey “Annihilation,” an expedition ventures deep into a foreboding terrain known only as Area X, carrying guns and harboring mounting suspicions about one another.

These soldiers — a psychologist (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a biologist (Natalie Portman), a paramedic (Gina…