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THE GLACIER FEBRUARY 22, 201 VOLUME 45, ISSUE 12
Feeling ‘Side Effects’ Moving story about mom’s perseverance By Chantise Bennett Staff Writer
Steven Soderbergh (“Oceans Trilogy”) brings forth his final film detailing the ramifications of a woman being prescribed to an experimental antidepressant. Soderbergh directs a film that can appeal to a vast audience. It revolves around something that audiences can understand and see every day, the side effects that certain medications induce. Audiences see the commercials on TV that advertise medications where the side effects are most times worse than the actual thing they are trying to treat. “Side effects” takes this theme and creates a truly complex and thought provoking film. The film stars Rooney Mara (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”) as Emily Taylor, who suffers from severe depression after her husband Martin, played by Channing Tatum (“21 Jump Street”), has been released from prison. Her new psychiatrist Dr. Jonathon Banks portrayed by Jude Law (“Sherlock Holmes”) reluctantly prescribes her an experimental medication called Ablixia at the suggestion of her old psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Siebert played by Catherine-Zeta Jones ( “Chicago”). While on Ablixia she suffers from side effects, one that includes severe sleep-
By Kevin M. Coyne Features Editor
Martin (Channing Tatum) and Emily (Rooney Mara) are a couple affected by circumstance. [Open Road Films] walking. After a tragedy that lands Emily into a mental hospital and Dr. Banks career in shambles, he struggles to clear his name and keep his life from falling apart. The first half of the film does begin slow and might seem dull at first due to all the pharmaceutical talk, but by the second half it really picks up. The film is unpredictable and filled with many twists and turns. Chantise Bennett can be contacted at bennettc636@student.morainevalley.edu.
ily’s life to support his wife. Hamming and her husband had already decided the relationship was unhealthy. Author Anne Marie Hamming deLee was diagnosed with a rare autoscribes the tough decisions mothers immune disease, which for three-year around the world must make and tells of caused the boy to suffer unexplainable her aweing commitment symptoms. Hamming’s to her son, Lee. decision to become a fullAt the opening of time mother illustrated “Saving Lee and Findher decision to give up ing Grace: A Mother’s one part of her life out Journey,” Hamming deof sheer love for her son scribes her reasoning whose only hope was to behind writing this gutreceive a bone marrow wrenching story about transplant. her life as a professional At points it appears journalist and the dualthat Hamming is selfish ity of motherhood. for wanting her career. Our author eloquentAs one continues to read, ly describes her passion it becomes apparent that for work, her love of her Hamming loves her chiltwo children, Katie and dren regardless of how Lee, and the estranged Hamming tells her story of her badly she wants to conrelationship with her son’s battle with a rare auto im- tinue her work. husband. Hamming’s mune disease. [AuthorHouse] Although Hamming story tells of a couramay have temporarily geous and strong woman from a small abandoned her passion to write, “Savtown who attended college unlike most ing Lee and Finding Grace” is her finest women in the town and took it a step piece of literature to date. further by becoming a journalist. While Hamming was pregnant with Kevin M. Coyne can be contacted at soLee, her husband had reentered the fam- cial@mvccglacier.com.