Category: Non-Reviews
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Hot Lead and Cold Feet
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1978) Sometimes I can’t recall if I’ve seen a film or not until I’ve watched a bit of it. It takes a second to strike a chord on my memory harp. It’s one of the pitfalls of watching things as rapidly as I do. Most…
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Zathura
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2005) A lot of people I knew scoffed at this. “Achchphtsch! IT’S JUST JUMANJI IN SPACE! Blrahgm! Huuuuuuuuu? (sniff sniff)” Yeah, it is Jumanji in space AND it was just as great if not better than Jumanji! They were perfectly transparent about this fact in…
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Grapes of Wrath (The) (1940)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay I’ve seen some depressing films in my lifetime. This was not one of them; a surprising fact considering people are dying off faster than Game of Thrones Characters in this. I can’t say as I liked this film per sé. A film where everyone is…
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Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1985) A must see for Jim Varney fans but drudgery for all! I first learned of this film’s existence while researching for the article “The Brilliance of Ernest P. Worrell”. Yes, Ernest is in this film technically but not in abundance. In fact Ernest is…
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You’ve Got Mail
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1998) I still have and use an AOL email address. Don’t worry, I’m not paying for it still. Whenever someone notices my very old email address that I’ve used since middle school, they are always amazed. I jokingly tell them I’m still using free minutes…
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Brilliance of Ernest P. Worrell (The)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Some people swear by Ernest P. Worrell. I’ve known some for whom Ernest is an institution in their family. He’s what brings them together despite their differences. I’ll not say a thing against the character. I get it. He’s very quotable. And I have mad…
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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…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 