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Review Haiku – Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema

10-Mar-10

A look back at porn
Stripping bare erotic films
Revealing motifs

Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema at IMDB

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

Review Haiku – Taboo

09-Mar-10

Samurai recruits
Sparring on orders from boss
Loving each other

Taboo at Rotten Tomatoes
Taboo at IMDB

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

Review Haiku – Hot Connections

08-Mar-10

Mr. Manager
Screwing ladies from office
Ex-wife gets him back

Hot Connections at IMDB

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

Review Haiku – Summer of ‘69

07-Mar-10

Away at college
Kids try new things for first time
Try out teachers, too

Summer of ‘69 at IMDB

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

Review Haiku, now in a book

07-Mar-10

Five hundred movies
Briefly reviewed in haiku
Bite-sized for film fans

I finally did it. The first 500 reviews have been put in a book and self-published as an e-book through Lulu. Review Haiku, Volume 1 contains reviews from 1941 to Zero Woman: Dangerous Game and all the Review Haiku posted from February 2007 to December 17, 2009.

You can get your copy of the e-book here.

Support independent publishing: Buy this e-book on Lulu.

Yes, it’s $6.99, but in addition to the five hundred Review Haiku, there are also thirty-eight pages where the films are indexed by director. This is pretty handy if you want to find out what other films that they’ve directed and I’ve reviewed on this site. The price is sort of a compromise. It’s affordable for most and it’s a PDF file that can be read on just about anything. The e-book can be read on multiple devices by buying just one copy. If you’ve got an e-book reader, or a similar device, you can read the bite-sized reviews just about anywhere. Waiting in line at the grocery store? Read. On the train? Read. In the bathroom? Read.

Now that Volume 1 is out, Volume 2 should be out when I have enough haiku for it. At the current rate, this will probably be late 2010 or early 2011. I’m looking into doing a dead-tree version, so people can buy them in bookstores, but 500+ pages is a lot of paper. That means the price would be pretty high, so I’ll have to think about it.

Review Haiku – Angel Guts: Red Classroom

06-Mar-10

Porn maker is bored
Seen so much, he’s unenthused
Red Classroom haunts him

Angel Guts: Red Classroom at Grindhouse Database
Angel Guts: Red Classroom at Rotten Tomatoes
Angel Guts: Red Classroom at IMDB

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Review Haiku – Hedonistic Pleasures

05-Mar-10

Play time in L.A.
A fake documentary
On ribald lifestyles

Hedonistic Pleasures at IMDB

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

Review Haiku – Daughter of the Sun

04-Mar-10

Teaching job at risk
Nudist argues it’s wholesome
Shows life at a camp

Daughter of the Sun at Grindhouse Database
Daughter of the Sun at IMDB

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

Review Haiku – Reclaiming the Blade

03-Mar-10

The ancient weapon
A symbol becomes plaything
The life of the sword

Reclaiming the Blade at Rotten Tomatoes
Reclaiming the Blade at IMDB

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

Review Haiku – Inside Deep Throat

02-Mar-10

Twenty-five grand cost
Six hundred million earned
Most profitable

How do you like it?
Andrea True blew my mind
Long way from disco

Inside Deep Throat at Grindhouse Database
Inside Deep Throat at Rotten Tomatoes
Inside Deep Throat at IMDB

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

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