December 31, 2009

New York gangs unite
to take over the city
when Cyrus is killed.

Coney Island gang
fights to get back to their turf
amidst synth music.

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December 30, 2009

A sitcom teacher
A raunchy comedian
An Aussie husband

A deli worker
gets an assistant job with
a famous comic.

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December 29, 2009

A gift from Malta
Four interested parties
What dreams are made of

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December 28, 2009

Three men seek gold
Only one has the answer:
Next to Bill Carson

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December 27, 2009

A long-distant heir
devises a killer plan
to become a Duke.

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December 26, 2009

Two men in white suits
square off at a train station
for a stolen gun.

A rookie police
gets his gun stolen aboard
a Japanese bus.

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December 24, 2009

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday, and I'll return on the 26th. Here's one special timely haiku to tide you over.

A man on the edge
A township prays together
And Clarence answers

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December 23, 2009

Novelty plungers
A Mormon Furniture Store
Two lovers unite

A plunger salesman
Seven female siblings and
A navy blue suit

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December 22, 2009

An odd tank leader
A war anachronism
No negative waves

A drunk Nazi brass
spills the beans on some bouillon.
Enter Kelly's men.

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December 21, 2009

A greedy partner
plans his boss's kidnapping
in the Middle East.

An alcoholic
wealthy industrialist
must destroy his work.

A weapons maker
is forced to build a missle.
He keeps the iron.

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December 20, 2009

After a horse ride,
a blind woman comes home to
a household murdered.

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P.S. I try to abstain from editorializing, but this film blew me away. The sequence when she comes home unaware of her family killed and the slow reveal is insanely good and compelling. Check it out!

December 19, 2009

A Brecht professor
A failed playwright needs FEMA
A father dying

Two writer siblings
One dementia-ridden father
A blood bond restored

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December 18, 2009

A London midwife
seeks to find a baby's home
with mafia help.

A Russian cleaner
whose tattoos tell a story
infiltrates the mob.

A driver's set up
stark naked in a bath house.
Two hit men perish.

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December 17, 2009

A Texas oil man
heads to Scotland to purchase
land under the stars.

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December 15, 2009

A man in a tree
A man killed killing himself
A matter of chance

Falling from the sky
amphibians cause wreckage
and unite strangers.

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December 14, 2009

A snowbound escape
Trolls and two-headed monsters
A washed up swordsman

Just a little peck
the disappearing pig trick
defeats Bavmorda

Two Brownie fairies
A quest to dethrone the Queen
A Daikini child

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December 13, 2009

In isolation
A bands loss bears new order
Love tears him apart

A man with two jobs:
An employment agency
A new wave front man

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December 12, 2009

A granddaddy dies
A grandson without a home
Off to Mexico

Because of a horse,
three Texas boys wind up in
a Mexican jail.

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December 11, 2009

The last true artform
holds its annual contest
in Oulu, Finland.

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December 10, 2009

Wrong man is accused
of raping and strangling
his ex and girlfriend.

A London killer
known for strangling with neck ties
smells of potatoes.

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December 8, 2009

When the clock strikes three,
an outlaw will meet his doom
when the train arrives.

A father and son
deliver a prisoner
down to Contention.

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December 7, 2009

Captured and tortured
lying on the rack he cries
one last word: Freedom.

Longshanks tyranny
leads a Scotsman to rise up
and fight for his land.

A Scottish rebel
fights to avenge his dead wife
and for his freedom.

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December 6, 2009

Frozen in a ditch
a French wanderer's last weeks
are told through flashbacks.

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December 4, 2009

A lawyer in debt
uncovers some corruption
and fakes his own death.

A law firm fixer,
driving home from a client,
stops from three horses.

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December 3, 2009

70's Michigan
Young girls coming of age
and dealing with death.

Four teenage sisters
enthrall some neighborhood boys
ending in their death.

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December 2, 2009

The Charlestown Chiefs
A team with a bunch of goons
Including three bros

The Championship
A center ice strip tease and
A win through default

An old player/coach
A rumor to move the team
Minor league hockey

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December 1, 2009

With loiters outside,
a clerk insults clients and
sells smokes to a kid.

A New Jersey shop
next to a video store
has gum in the lock.

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