Category: Movies

  • Haiku movie reviews, October 2015

    Haiku movie reviews, October 2015

    American Sniper (2014)
    Why show so much death
    Dealt by this U.S. soldier,
    But not his killing?

  • Haiku movie reviews, September 2015

    Haiku movie reviews, September 2015

    Two Days One Night (2014)
    Co-workers are asked:
    Vote for or against her job.
    Is this a real thing?

    John Wick (2014)
    This guy is angry
    He’ll mess you up very bad
    Dressed in a sharp suit

  • Haiku movie reviews, August 2015

    Haiku movie reviews, August 2015

    Locke (2013)
    One man at the wheel
    Wife, job, honor on the line
    Such weight in his voice

    Walk Hard (2007)

    Silliness abounds
    In this rocker’s storied life
    Long live rock clichés!

    The End of the Tour (2015)
    Smart, talky guy flick
    Drinking (or not), sex, suicide
    — My wife hated it

    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

    Thorin is a dick
    Should anyone forgive him?
    Bilbo needs a rest

    20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
    Powerful singers
    Risk it all in the spotlight
    Very few shine on

  • Haiku movie reviews, July 2015

    Haiku movie reviews, July 2015

    Jurassic World (2015)
    The brothers bore me
    Their aunt, though, and those high heels?
    Dinosaurs watch out!

    Vengeance (2009)
    Gangsters sneak around
    Gunfire erupts in Macau
    A dad’s mind is lost

    Inside Out (2015)
    In internal realms
    Feelings — not gods — vie to rule
    This is mainstream fare?

  • Haiku movie reviews, June 2015

    Haiku movie reviews, June 2015

    Love and Mercy (2015)
    Living on the edge
    Brian Wilson hears so much
    Joy in creation

     

    Brooklyn Castle (2012)
    Junior high chess champs
    Won’t be outplayed by budgets
    These kids: They got game

     

    Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
    Big engines go roar
    Lots of crazy stuff blows up
    — Women rule the day

     

    Gone Girl (2014)
    He said or she said
    It’s from someone’s point of view
    — Unreliable

     

    Spy (2015)
    McCarthy goes Bond
    Nobody does it better
    Oh so much violence

  • Haiku movie reviews, April 2015

    Haiku movie reviews, April 2015

    Big Hero 6 (2014)
    A Disney-esque death
    Of a heroic brother
    Gives way to bedlam

    Jersey Boys (2014)
    Cops don’t kill these thugs
    Valli’s sweet voice lifts them up
    Tale worked best on stage

  • Haiku movie reviews, March 2015

    Haiku movie reviews, March 2015

    Song of the Sea (2014)
    Selkie seeks her voice
    Her brother’s kind of a jerk
    The spirits are saints?

    Vanity Fair (2004)
    Novel: No hero
    On Film: Reese Witherspoon stars
    Story? Doesn’t work

    2 Guns (2013)
    Rat-a-tat-tat — bang!
    Two big stars come out shooting
    The bodies pile up

    Fury (2014)
    I watched this tank flick
    Riding on an Amtrak train
    — steel machines roll on

  • Haiku movie reviews, February 2015

    Haiku movie reviews, February 2015

    Frances Ha
    Frances Ha

    I didn’t see as many movies as I’d like this past month. Just two:

    The Interview (2014)
    Randall Park steals it,
    Though it isn’t that funny.
    — Too much James Franco


    Frances Ha (2012)

    A Gen-Y woman
    In New York and then Paris
    Grows up — a little

    Read January’s haiku movie reviews here.