Category: Non-Reviews
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Wallace & Gromit Stuff
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out (1989) Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993) Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (1995) Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) Wallace & Gromit: A Vengeance…
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Van Helsing (2004)
A Non Review by Professor Popinjay Spoilers ahead… I guess. Written and Directed by Steven Sommers who brought us such films as The Mummy (1999) and G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra (2009), Van Helsing is precisely what you might expect: action-packed quirky fun from which you come out feeling…
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Unbreakable… Trilogy?
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Unbreakable (2000) Split (2017) Glass (2019) No spoilers here! I’ve already written about my theory that I personally may be the progenitor of Unbreakable sequels so I shan’t go into that. No, I’m not crazy, I just wonder sometimes. I know it’s improbable but it’s…
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Tangled
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2010) Okay, I guess we’re doing this. There was plenty I enjoyed in Tangled. The bar scene alone makes this worth the watch. It’s a showcase of some of the greatest voices in the business. Ron Perlman, Jeffery Tambor, Brad Garrett, Paul F. Tomkins, RICHARD…
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Dracula (2025)
Also known as: Dracula: A Love Tale A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2025…or is it 2026?) I’m trying not to have spoilers but this is based on a story published 129 years ago so give me a break. Luc Besson’s Dracula was released in France in July of 2025 long…
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Samantha: An American Girl Holiday
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2004) A girlfriend I had a long time ago wanted to see this so naturally I watched it also. I watched it again with my first wife so now I get all kinds of attention for being this sensitive male who knows all about darling…
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Avatar (The First Three)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Avatar (2009) Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) NO spoilers for “Fire and Ash”. As for the previous two films, I make no promises. The word “Avatar” is a common word derived from Sanskrit meaning “Incarnation”. While the Nickelodeon series…
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Love and Monsters
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2020) “I FORGOT TO WRITE ABOUT LOVE AND MONSTERS BACK WHEN I WAS WRITING ABOUT ALL THE FILMS I SAW WHILE DATING YOU!” I shouted to the darkness after waking up in a cold sweat in the middle of a stormy night. My wife didn’t…
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Money Talks
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1997) [This is another Non-review from the days of yore (May 1, 2019) I happened to find randomly while perusing the annals of my all-but-defunct Facebook group. I tried to transfer all my writing to this platform but a few articles slipped through the cracks.…
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March of Time (WWII Post-War Problems and Solutions)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay [This is a very old Non-review I posted on Facebook way back in 2017, November 3rd, to be precise. I repost it here verbatim so pay no attention to the rambling house-cleaning sentences. They’re now out of context. I’ll add some further memories after the…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 