Haiku Movie Reviews – New Feature at OGM!

Welcome to the first (and possibly last) edition of Haiku Movie Reviews, an attempt to meld quick movie reviews with the ancient art of haiku.  So what is haiku, exactly?  Here’s the short answer: It’s a form of Japanese poetry. 

To the English layman, haiku often consists of three lines with 5, 7, and 5 syllables, respectively.  It’s actually more complicated than that, but it’s probably best to keep things simple for our purposes. 

Anyway, I welcome any and all comments regarding this little experiment.  If you find them useful or entertaining, please let me know.  If you think they’re just a big waste of space, I also welcome your input. 

And if you’re looking for some full-length movie reviews, be sure to check out our sister site, A1 Movie Reviews.  We’ve got all the latest, from The Twilight Saga: New Moon and 2012 to Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Oreans.

Now let’s get to the haiku movie reviews.

Movie: Maniac Cop
Year: 1988
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Robert Z’Dar, Tom Atkins
Tagline: “You have the right to remain silent…forever.” 
Rating: 3 1/2 stars

Undead cop runs wild:
Battle of the chins ensues
Better than you’d think

Movie: Samurai Princess
Year: 2009
Starring: Aino Kishi, Dai Mizuno, and Asuka Kataoka
Tagline: “A new samurai is born.”
Rating: 2 stars

Poor man’s Machine Girl…
Asian girls raped and murdered
Cyborg seeks revenge

Movie: Step Brothers
Year: 2008
Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen
Tagline: “They grow up so fast.”
Rating: 3 stars

Ferrell and Reilly
thrown together as brothers
Oh, hilarity!

Movie: Mr. Frost
Year: 1990
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker, Alan Bates
Tagline: “He hasn’t spoken a word in two years. No one knows his identity. Officially he doesn’t exist… But 24 corpses do.”
Rating: 5 stars

The devil returns
to demonstrate his power:
Goldblum is the man

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