Review Haiku – Stopped on Track
Posted on February 4, 2012
Inoperable
The last few months of Frank’s life
As his tumor grows
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Review Haiku – Guilty of Romance
Posted on February 2, 2012
Obsequious wife
Tired of just making tea
Has sex for money
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Review Haiku – Kung-Fu Dunk
Posted on January 26, 2012
Martial arts and sports
It’s not Shaolin Soccer
This has basketball
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Review Haiku – Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
Posted on January 25, 2012
Famed kung-fu fighter
Adopts new identity
To fight Japanese
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Review Haiku – Bodyguards and Assassins
Posted on January 24, 2012
Waning dynasty
Tries to stop revolution
Ideas don’t die
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Review Haiku – Kamikaze Girls
Posted on January 22, 2012
Living for cheap frills
Japanese Lolita Girl
Knows about courage
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There’s a great quote in the film, which inspired the haiku above: “Humans are cowards in the face of happiness. You need courage to hold onto happiness.”
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Review Haiku – Bangkok Dangerous
Posted on January 17, 2012
A deaf-mute killer
Finding love at a drug store
Hiding from bullets
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Review Haiku – Jade Warrior
Posted on January 13, 2012
A Chinese relic
Carried to far off Finland
A legend reborn
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Review Haiku – 13 Assassins
Posted on January 8, 2012
Brother of Shogun
Murders people for pleasure
Assassins stop him
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Review Haiku – Tora! Tora! Tora!
Posted on December 29, 2011
War plans being made
To wake the sleeping giant
And give him resolve
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