Una (Rooney Mara) hides a photo of him under a flap of carpet in the corner of her bedroom. The photo is new — it’s been freshly torn from the pages of a trade magazine — but the bedroom is not. It’s the same bedroom that belonged to her when she was a kid, the same bedroom she slept in when she was 13 and one of her dad’s 40-year-old friends started flirting with her at a barbecue in the backyard. It’s the same bedroom she returned home to after that man stole her away on a trip down the coast of England, the morally dubious couple pretending to be father and daughter as they made their ill-fated break for the border. She never moved out, never grew up. Her body matured to adulthood, but the rest of her was frozen in time, the girl fractured like the face of a broken watch.
- 10/6/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
As awards season is well underway, it's a good time to look back at some of the unsung films of 2013. While these films might be long shots in terms of critics' prizes and Academy Awards, they deserve your attention and will probably outlive many of the year's prestige movies. And you can stream them at home. "Side Effects" (Netflix) Rooney Mara gives a wicked and beautiful performance in Steven Soderbergh's cinematic swan song "Side Effects," in which she plays the cunning, duplicitous Emily Taylor who is the victim of a prescription drug experiment gone wrong. One minute she has our sympathies and the next, you want to strangle her. That's the brilliance of young Mara, who is oh so good at playing complicated women (Fincher's underrated "Dragon Tattoo" anyone?) -- but aside from her work, the film stands on its own as a mesmerizing noir-thriller that is utterly impossible...
- 12/4/2013
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Side Effects
Directed By Steven Soderbergh
Written by Scott Z. Burns
USA, 2013
It is with a significant pang of regret in 2013 that we bid a fond adieu to director Steven Soderbergh, but at lerast we have the smnall placebo of two remaining films from the incredibly profligate director, beginning with his penultimate film Side Effects. If you’ll excuse the pun I don’t wish to get too ‘side’tracked but I think there are a few crucial items to consider before we delve into the movie itself, a concluding episode to his career which is as expected a superb contemporary drama which springboards into other areas with the dexterous ease of a state drilled East German Olympic gymnast, namely what on earth could drive such a prolific and endlessly inventive cinematic soul into potential big-screen retirement? Soderbergh has professed an interest in shifting his muse to painting or perhaps...
Directed By Steven Soderbergh
Written by Scott Z. Burns
USA, 2013
It is with a significant pang of regret in 2013 that we bid a fond adieu to director Steven Soderbergh, but at lerast we have the smnall placebo of two remaining films from the incredibly profligate director, beginning with his penultimate film Side Effects. If you’ll excuse the pun I don’t wish to get too ‘side’tracked but I think there are a few crucial items to consider before we delve into the movie itself, a concluding episode to his career which is as expected a superb contemporary drama which springboards into other areas with the dexterous ease of a state drilled East German Olympic gymnast, namely what on earth could drive such a prolific and endlessly inventive cinematic soul into potential big-screen retirement? Soderbergh has professed an interest in shifting his muse to painting or perhaps...
- 7/1/2013
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Director Steven Soderbergh’s “last” big screen film, Side Effects, is an effective pharmaceutical thriller that operates on multiple levels at once, in typical Soderbergh fashion. From the hazy yellow appearance, to the third act twist — Side Effects is a top-to-bottom Soderbergh slow-burn thriller that focuses on its core performers: Jude Law, Rooney Mara & Catherine Zeta-Jones, while also providing a bit of social commentary on the country’s ever-rising problem with prescription drugs and how it can turn lives upside down and inside out.
Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) is a successful working class American with a husband (Channing Tatum) that is fresh out of a prison after doing time over an insider trade that went south on him. Her life is on the rise as she welcomes home her loved one and prepares to start the next chapter of her life. But she’s depressed. Depressed to the point of needing serious medical attention,...
Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) is a successful working class American with a husband (Channing Tatum) that is fresh out of a prison after doing time over an insider trade that went south on him. Her life is on the rise as she welcomes home her loved one and prepares to start the next chapter of her life. But she’s depressed. Depressed to the point of needing serious medical attention,...
- 5/27/2013
- by Jeremy Lebens
- We Got This Covered
Channing Tatum and a psychological thriller--what else could you possibly ask for? Side Effects, the film starring Tatum, Rooney Mara, and Jude Law, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, comes out on Blu-ray and DVD May 21, and we've got 3 DVD copies to give out!
For those who haven't seen, Side Effects tells the story of Emily Taylor (Mara) undergoes bizarre side effects after her psychiatrist (Law) prescribes her a certain drug. But--as any other thriller--there are way more shockers and twists. (Especially one scene that will make you absolutely gasp.) The story line isn't necessarily what you think, and will have you talking long after the credits roll.
So, what are your favorite psychological thrillers? All you have to do to win a copy is to comment below one of your favorite thrillers and why. The best three will receive a DVD.
Here's what will be included:
Bonus Features (Blu-ray™ and DVD):...
For those who haven't seen, Side Effects tells the story of Emily Taylor (Mara) undergoes bizarre side effects after her psychiatrist (Law) prescribes her a certain drug. But--as any other thriller--there are way more shockers and twists. (Especially one scene that will make you absolutely gasp.) The story line isn't necessarily what you think, and will have you talking long after the credits roll.
So, what are your favorite psychological thrillers? All you have to do to win a copy is to comment below one of your favorite thrillers and why. The best three will receive a DVD.
Here's what will be included:
Bonus Features (Blu-ray™ and DVD):...
- 5/15/2013
- by Stephanie Webber
- Filmology
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