Movies: "Side Effects"

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Here’s a somewhat delayed take on one of the few grown-up movies playing during this bleak post-Oscar season, a medical thriller directed, shot and edited by Steven Soderbergh (under several assumed names, including Peter Andrews and -- my favorite -- Mary Ann Bernard).

Soderbergh, whose earlier movies have been as varied and interesting as “Sex, Lies and Videotape,” “Out of Sight” and “Ocean’s Eleven,” says this will be his last one.  We’ll see, but in the meantime, let’s take a closer look at it.

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