WRITING REVIEWS

Steven Soderbergh bids farewell to cinema in style – with a gripping psychological thriller about big pharma and mental health that cruelly leaves you craving one last fix.

(Side Effects – The Guardian review)

Side Effects is an old school psychological thriller (you never quite know who to trust...) directed by Steven Soderbergh. It stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Channing Tatum. It was released in the US on February 8th, 2013. An edge-of-your-seat thriller!!

BBC Talking Movies:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/21351882/soderberghs-thrilling-curtain-call (listening activity: video)

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Notes From a Big Country by Bill Bryson

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