Warning: Things are not as they appear.
Side Effects
Magic man Channing Tatum and Rooney Mara star in Steven Soderbergh’s heavily researched (like Contagion), noir-style thriller swirled by love and other drugs. Mara is Emily, a suicidal New Yorker who makes hospital gowns look like RTW; Tatum is Martin, the white-collar criminal she lives for. Note: This makes three in the Tatum/Soderbergh combo — habit forming we’re not averse to.
It’s like: “Body Heat set in the world of psychopharmacology.” — screenwriter Scott Z. Burns
Take: Two friends and call us in the morning.
Premieres: Today
No
Say yes to the festival-circuit underdog about an ad selling freedom. It wasn’t a military coup or foreign invasion that rid 1988 Chile of its dictator; it was rainbows, wild horses, and some mimes — a.k.a. the No campaign. Just know the intentionally wretched film quality may make your eyes bleed, but once you focus, you’ll find a charming, sophisticated story waiting to win Chile its first Oscar.
It’s like: Post Mortem meets Wag the Dog.
Take: Registered voters.
Premieres: February 15
Sound City
Get in tune with Dave Grohl’s documentary about music’s metamorphosis, written by the rock star behind The Cove and Chasing Ice. The medley of interviews and old footage sounds off with Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, and John Fogerty, to name a few. Grohl, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, and Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic (among others) rocked Sundance with “Ain’t That a Shame”; miss it and you may be singing a similar tune.
It’s like: A music lover’s dream.
Take: An interlude from the grind.
Premiered: At Sundance, on demand now
Throw your hands in the air for more of this month’s movie picks.
Photos: Barry Wetcher / Courtesy of Open Road Films; Tomás Dittburn / Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics; Sami Ansari / Courtesy of Variance Films
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