Category: Non-Reviews
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Little Colonel (The)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1935) I gotta say, unpacking these Shirley Temple films is getting monotonous. Some are great but most are very formulaic vehicles to get Shirley the Cash Cow on screen. They’re often rife with racial stereotypes and, eventually, repeat songs from her other movies tacked on…
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Eegah!
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1962) I don’t know about you but for me, a long week of high school would culminate in a trip to the video rental store where my friends and I would attempt to find the worst, most make-fun-able movie we could find. From Troll 2…
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Everything Lego Star Wars
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay There is a downside to forcing myself to write about everything I’ve ever seen. There comes a time when I have very little to say and I’m uninspired. I’ve taken a cue from Mark Twain and started letting the movies conjure life memories. It’s why…
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Daredevil (2003)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Long before Ben Afleck would play a dark brooding superhero who lost his parents, he would play a dark brooding superhero who lost his parents. Ah, the days of pre-Disney Marvel movies. Nothing against post-Disney Marvel. The pre-Disney films just have a certain charm all…
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Electric State (The)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2025) I don’t understand why The Electric State is getting so much hate. It’s friggin’ amazing. Some have complained that it borrows too much from other, more interesting films. I don’t know. Maybe those critics saw movies that I haven’t and that’s what they’re basing…
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Lego Scooby-Doo: Haunted Hollywood
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2016) Forget everything I’ve said about Lego “direct-to-video” movies… at least in regards to Lego Scooby-Doo. Maybe it’s a bias toward Scooby and the gang. Maybe it’s the tried and true formula that lends itself well to corny jokes. Whatever the reason, Lego Scooby-Doo: Haunted…
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Caddie Woodlawn
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1989) Yes it’s a semi old movie no one ever saw and no one will want to read about but I’m writing about it anyway because it deserves it, dang it! Deal with it! I came across Caddie Woodlawn and could have sworn I’d seen…
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Johnny Bravo
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1997… or 1995 if you were paying attention) Johnny Bravo was one of those cartoons from the What a Cartoon show, the Hannah-Barbara experiment which created conditions for artists to just create, unhindered by network executive interference or focus groups. These were cartoons not designed…
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Minecraft Movie (A)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. I paid for a refillable soda and popcorn and never got a refill on either because I didn’t want to miss a minute. I sent my wife for the refill because she wanted to miss a minute. That makes…
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Bad Moms
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay This is not my kind of movie. At least I thought it wasn’t. I put it in the same category as Van Wilder or Bad Santa. But it’s really not like those at all. I hate hate hate those raunchy screwball comedies like Not Another…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 