Category: Non-Reviews
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Strictly Ballroom (and a brief look at Baz Luhrmann films)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Being a fan of Baz Luhrmann films, I’m surprised I hadn’t seen this earlier than I did but I thought it was a documentary about ballroom dancing. Baz has such an interesting style and it was enjoyable to see many of his techniques employed for…
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X-Men: The Last Stand
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2006) I guess Bryan Singer got the go-ahead to remake Superman (1978) but call it a sequel and use someone to play Superman who looks and acts like Christopher Reeves. Also Superman is a deadbeat dad now? Of course Singer had to take James Marsden…
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X-2: X-Men United
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2003) Already starting to become Wolverine-centric, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing yet. Don’t get me wrong, Logan (2017) was great but the trek getting there was a bit rough. After they (gnomes) realized origin films for other characters would never sell as well…
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X-Men
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2000) I miss the times when a movie would come out and you wouldn’t have to watch 27 other films prior just to understand what’s going on. Would this be a one off or would it generate enough revenue to merit a sequel? Even the…
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Waking Ned Devine
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1998) I love a film that doesn’t feel the need to cast only young beautiful people in the lead roles. Fairly sure not a single cast member besides the wee lad is under the age of 40 and the majority of the cast is over…
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Dexter’s Laboratory
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1996) They don’t write theme songs like that anymore. Great stuff. And these are the end credits! The first spoken part of that song is voiced by the legendary Mako! So you know the whole show is gonna be amazing! All I want to do…
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Godzilla: Who is this Godzilla Person Anyway? (Part 10 of 10)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay MILD SPOILERS Toho’s Godzilla Minus One. Set during a time when Japan, sadly, was at zero. 1947, Just after World War II. Our main character? A Kamikaze pilot, Kôichi Shikishima, still alive. I won’t go into the details of why he is still alive but…
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Godzilla: Who is this Godzilla Person Anyway? (Part 9 of 10)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay As it was loosed in Japan, so it was loosed in the United States. Even with complaints of the fights being a bit too dark and Godzilla’s opponents, the MUTO, being rather uninteresting, the 2014 film was generally well received in the U.S. and paved…
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Godzilla: Who is this Godzilla Person Anyway? (Part 8 of 10)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay In 2013 Guiermo Del Toro with Legendy Pictures would release the film “Pacific Rim” in theaters. While it may not be a title on everyone’s lips today, I believe it tested the waters with audiences and revealed giant monster films could look great and still…
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Godzilla: Who is this Godzilla Person Anyway? (Part 7 of 10)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay The feeling was unanimous in Japan. America had done Godzilla wrong and it was time to show everyone what Godzilla is supposed to be. I guess there’s no such thing as bad publicity. If I were to sum up the Millenium Era of Godzilla in…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 