Wednesday Movie Night: Side Effects (2013)

With hits like the Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve along with others like Contagion and Magic Mike, it seems that Steven Soderbergh rounds up the big names for his movies, and usually gives them an intricate script to work with. Side Effects is one of his stronger movies that has his very characteristic yellow color cast to the movie tone, and with lots of angles. He builds the suspense well and has a lot of twist you don't see coming.

Summary:  You would think Emily would be overjoyed and happier than ever when her husband returns from home from a few years spent away in prison. Instead her mental health declines rapidly to the point where she is having anxiety ridden break downs, and sickness. Her psychiatrist, Jonathon, insists that she take a new drug on the market that might be able to help her since the other drugs have failed so far. After trying the drug though she gets the worst of the side effects forcing Jonathon to probe into her life and past therapy sessions to try to save his own career from her reaction to the drug.

Saturday Movies: Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

Steven Soderberg is back with his final installment in the Ocean's trilogy, and this time it seems he's gotten it back together as far as plot, and a direction and put us back in Vegas with the crew. The movie has a lot of the fun qualities that the first one did though it is missing the magic that the first one still managed to put together among the cast and cinematography. Ocean's Thirteen though is a definite improvement from the previous though.

One of the original eleven members, Reuban, is betrayed by one his associates, Willy Bank. The betrayal of having his estate stolen from under him devastates him so much so that it sends him to the hospital. Danny Ocean is now wanting to get revenge for his friend with the help of the other members of the team. This time the plan is to rob Willy, but they are going to need the help of an old enemy if they want to pull it off and that would be no other than Terry Benedict. He will only help if they can also nab a diamond kept in the casino for him. The guys now have to pull off one of their biggest heist yet.