Continuing on with our new regular feature, this is a few movies theatrically released a year ago that we thought worthy of some attention for one reason or another. These films are likely available on DVD by now, so catch up with them (or don’t as the case might be) when you can.
Not every week is going to offer up something spectacular (or anything at all possibly), but it is what it is. Take a look.
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Taken
- Cinecast review
- Top 10 Cinecast
The Class
- Andrew’s review
- Top 10 Cinecast
Serbis
(Here’s one I can’t find much about in the R3 archives, but it looks interesting. If you’ve seen it, let us know about it in the comment section.)
- IMDb
- Metacritic
Other potentially interesting posts at RowThree that week (30th – Feb 5th):
Short film: The Soul Detective (featuring David Lynch)
Review: My Bloody Valentine (we actually reviewed this!?)
Christian Bale goes berserk
Lineup for SXSW 2009
Review: Ballast
Is The Road ever coming out? (pics)
I saw Serbis at the Vancouver International Film Fest in 2008 and I was totally blown away by the rich cinematography, bold storyline and explicit sex. Well, I was a bit surprised by the explicit sex frankly but then I’ve seen Flower & Snake at VIFF so I guess it’s not uncommon.
For me, the weakest part would have been some of the dialogue.
If you like Piano Teacher and asian soap operas, you’ll like Serbis.