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Television is flooded with commercials for pills that claim they can stop everything from constipation to heart attacks and suicidal thoughts. These miracle cures seem too good to be true.until the fine print is rambled off warning of side effects that range from the irksome (nausea) to the terrifying (internal bleeding, death, murderous rages). For his last directorial effort before retiring, Steven Soderbergh took on a drama called Side Effects that centers on the unintended repercussions of experimental medication through the story of a young woman, played by The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's Rooney Mara, and her doctor, portrayed by Jude Law. Last month, we were stunned by the film's first trailer, but now Open Road Films is offering a new and unnerving bit of viral marketing for the upcoming thriller by unveiling a website for the film's central drug Ablixa, which includes this ad for the »
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