Our last film* for the Spring season on THURSDAY 10th APRIL is: SIDE EFFECTS Director: Steven Soderbergh Actors: Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones 106 minutes Cert. 15. Drama/Thriller A smart, clever thriller with plenty of disquieting twists, Side Effects is yet another assured effort from director Steven Soderbergh. The film features Jude Law as psychiatrist Dr Jonathan Banks. When faced with treating the suicidal depression of a young woman, Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) he approaches her like any other patient, and prescribes the same cocktail of medication with names full of high-score Scrabble letters - Zoloft, Effexor - that keeps everyone from Emily’s work colleagues to Banks’ own wife on an even keel. But when a cushy consulting contract with a pharmaceutical corporation comes his way, Banks instead moves his patient onto a new drug, Ablixa, which has dangerous side effects not only for Emily, but for her husband (Channing Tatum). Faced with lawsuits and a tarnished reputation, Banks desperately searches for the truth behind this perilous wonder drug. In a masterful double-bluff, what starts as a taut, topical drama about medicated America becomes a classic, twisted neo-noir that sees Soderbergh pushing aside on-the-nose themes in favour of sheer entertainment. Please see rottentomatoes/m/side_effects_2013/ for trailers, ratings and reviews. * Please note that after Thursday we are having a three week break over Easter. We look forward to seeing you back for our summer film season, starting on Thursday 1st May with the award-winning Philomena starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan. New DFS brochures will be out soon with details and reviews for all our up-coming films. Films are screened at The Guildhall, Victoria Road, Dartmouth. The bar is open from 7.00pm and the films start at 7.30pm Guest tickets are available on the night for £4.00 each from “The Windjammer” Victoria Road between 7.00pm & 7.25pm only. No guest tickets will be sold on the door. For more information about Dartmouth Film Society, call Barbara Bardwell on: Tel. 07974 781021 Website: dartmouthfilmsociety.org.uk Email: dartmouthfilm@btinternet Facebook: facebook/dartmouthfilmsociety
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:54:04 +0000
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