Category: Non-Reviews
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Sahara (2005)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay I would never assume to write a review of something I’ve not actually seen. I think that would be dishonest. I’ve detected such a practice amongst some well-published critics and I find it deplorable. Sometimes it’s easy to miss the point of a film but…
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Bride and Prejudice
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2004) Also known as Bride and Prejudice: the Bollywood Musical… as if we didn’t know. In keeping with the tradition of every woman I’ve ever met inundating me with variations of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice thus making me seem a well cultured and sensitive…
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Shazam!
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2019) I did some homework on this one because I didn’t know a whole lot about Shazam going into the film and when it came to writing about it, I wanted to have some substance behind my thoughts, even if I don’t regurgitate all the…
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Raising Arizona
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1987) This is a movie about a man who steals a baby. It’s hilarious. I don’t mind movies where the “protagonist” is the one doing something wrong when his heart’s in the right place. And yet, obviously, I would never condone kidnapping in real life…
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White Christmas
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1954) Yeah, it was December and I was dating this fly ass honey, see? And she’s like “Dude! We should totally watch White Christmas, yo!” And I’m like “For real? Cuz I always thought White Christmas was just a stale Christmas special with no story.”…
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Quiet Place (A) & A Quiet Place Part 2
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2018) (2021) I hate slasher flicks but I love monster movies. Some might assume horror is horror is horror but the idea of some psychopath running around wantonly poking people with sharp objects just disgusts me. Monster movies are different though. Take human psychology away…
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Miscellaneous Pooh
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay THIS ARTICLE IS NOT FOR KIDS! If you’re under the age of 32, go play with blocks or something. As I had accumulated and watched an amount of random Pooh features, so shall I write here about an amount of random Pooh features. A Happy…
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Pan
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2015) Pan did not get a lot of hype behind it. It kind of slipped through the cracks a bit. Not surprising, considering it was up against Avengers: Age of Ultron and Inside Out. I’m a little surprised at the highest grossing film in October…
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Tom and Jerry: The Movie
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1992) It’s hard to pinpoint where Tom and Jerry sit amongst one production company or another. Are they Disney? Are they Looney Tunes? This ambiguous origin might come from the fact that their production changed hands frequently throughout the years. Or it might come from…
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Odd Couple & Odd Couple II
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1968) (1998) The Odd Couple is kind of a classic these days. The first is your standard mismatched housemates story. It’s like an actually entertaining episode of The Real World. Oscar is a slob, Felix is a neat freak. Can they get along? These guys…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 