Category: Non-Reviews
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Jack (Never Forgetting Robin Williams)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1996) An interesting tackle considering everything. Jack is the story of a kid who aged really fast. He’s played by a remarkable man who left too soon. The film is a perfect vehicle for the antics of beloved Robin Williams. He’s basically a big kid,…
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Melody Time
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1948) Disney’s Melody Time features a variety of animated shorts all set to original music. A few of them have appeared in other collections or stand-alone installments here and there. I’ve seen each of these throughout my childhood and they made a lasting impression. There’s…
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I Accuse My Parents
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1944) There was a time, long ago, when criminal scum was regarded simply as that. Anyone who might be so debased as to commit a crime like jaywalking or cursing in public has clearly been without a moral compass since birth and no amount of…
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Down with Love vs. Lover Come Back
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Yes, I’ve done a Non-review for Lover Come Back and yes, I mentioned Down with Love in that article. Now I’m writing an official comparison between the two. It’s a completely different article. I’m allowed to plagiarize myself. Okay, full disclosure, I didn’t recall writing…
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Hairspray
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2007) I had zero interest in this until I realized both Christopher Walken and John Travolta were in it. I don’t know what it is about Travolta that captivates me so. He has this strange charisma about him that just seems supernatural, whether he is…
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Littlest Rebel (The)
Released March 19, 1935 And for context, Temple’s film “The Little Colonel” was released one month prior to “Rebel”: February 22, 1935. I’m baffled. “Rebel” and “Colonel” have the same cast, are set before and after the Civil War respectively, and were both directed by David Butler. These came out…
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Galaxy Quest
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1999) This was a great movie. It was almost too great. Everyone I knew was nuts for this film. I saw it three times at the theatre with different groups of friends. After it came out on video I saw it at school, at multiple…
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Little Nemo- Adventures in Slumberland
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Based on the whimsical and sometimes bizarre comics by Winsor McKay circa 1905; yeah, it’s been around a while. He was a pioneer in comics and animation. This guy made Gertie the Dinosaur. If you’re an animation fan and have never heard of Gertie, stop…
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Falcon and the Winter Soldier
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay MILD SPOILERS FOR FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER MILD SPOILERS FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA BRAVE NEW WORLD Man! Seems like Erin Kellyman was everywhere for a while! Solo, Willow, this. She was Disney’s new Annette Funicello. Solo had a beach in it. It counts as a…
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Little House on the Prairie: A Christmas They Never Forgot
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay From the 1974 TV Series Little House on the Prairie (First aired 1981, Season 08, Episode 11) Whenever the theme song for Little House on the Prairie came on at my childhood home, an involuntary audible groan would escape my face. What IS THIS CRAP!?!…
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