The Great Influenza by John Barry

Repeats its theme - "it

was only influenza"

Over and over

by Haiku Master Mina

Little Miss Sunshine

Self conscious indie.

Family power breaks out.

Touching nonetheless.

Lady in the Water

Meta fairy tale.
Self conscious, random, and dumb.
Coulda, shoulda been.

Batman Begins

Expert origin

Story. First too slow, then fast

Too dark Knight--indeed

Marie Antoinette

Spoiled queen: Stupid girl.

Beauty dissection: Calm, fash.

Not shallow: Too deep.

Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer

Message from space gets

Lost in words. Even sending

Aliens are bored.

Tideland

Haiku Fu!

Bad made good by a

Twelve year-old girl's perspective

Wish I could do that.

- or -

Daddy's real gone now

His legacy? Jeliza's

even better trip.

by Haiku Master Tony

Volver

Campy women love.

Different desires—murders!

Perfect, nothing new.

Veronica Mars

Teen P.I. hits home.

Passion smarts, snarky girl power.

Grown up, loses way.

Spiderman 3

Spidey's full of angst.

Villains galore, but no fun.

Save your ten dollars.

from Haiku Master Sarah

Borat

Who weeps for Borat?

From laughing, pretty much all.

Mock doc: Tragic fun.

Shortbus

Arty porno, or

Hardcore hipsters talk, talk, talk.

Whatever. It's sweet.

Poseidon

Killer wave upsets

In more ways than one--so bad!

Deep disappointment.

Grindhouse

Homage delivers.

Bang, bang. Kiss, kiss--amputees!

And irony? Duh!

Casino Royale

New James Bond--again?

Shock! Really old becomes new.

Vital, fun, and hot.

V for Vendetta

Pretty crime action, and

Anti-Bush allegory

So why so boring?

Catwoman

Purr-fectly awful.

Woman acts like cat (badly).

What have I just seen?

The Fog

Not distracted by

Any horrific acting.

How unfortunate.

from Haiku Master Tony

Serenity

Better than Star Trek.

SF with a Buffy spin.

Joss will own your ass.

A History of Violence

Tense, spare, and formal.

What are the wages of blood?

Cronenberg still rocks.