Category: Non-Reviews
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Bob the Builder: Muck’s Favorite Adventures
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1999) This was a DVD release featuring four episodes from the 21 season kids show. Someone on Wikipedia complained that one of these episodes doesn’t feature the character of Muck very prominently but these are MUCK’S favorite adventures. That doesn’t necessarily mean they have to…
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Wonka vs. Wonka vs. Wonka
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay No, this is not a family courtroom battle. Today I’ll be comparing three films: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and Wonka (2023). I realize the third installment is a wholly different story and I’d kind of be…
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Angels in the Infield
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2000) Yeah, we’re back to baseball. No “Angels in the New and Exciting Locales and Situations” for us. The whole reason the formula broke down is because we changed sports, right? Right!?! Nobody likes angels and football. Angels and baseball is where it’s at. Nevermind…
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Angels in the Endzone
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1997) SPOILERS!!! If this had been a stand alone film made by Hallmark, I might be more forgiving, especially considering it’s a made-for-TV movie. But this is what Disney gave us as the official sequel to the 1994 Angels in the Outfield. My standards were…
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Angels in the Outfield (1951 & 1994)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Wait! There was a 1951 Angels in the Outfield!?! The one with Danny Glover, Tony Danza, and Joseph Gordon Levitt was a remake!?! Yes, yes, yes. I was just as shocked to learn this too. And you know what? It’s not bad! I would put…
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Haunting in Venice (A)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2023) Hey! I finally watched this! The third installment of Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot films! This was based on a short story by Agatha Christie called “Hallowe’en Party” but has been fleshed out into a full length film. There was an installment of the David…
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Nosferatu (2024)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Yee! This was rated R for good reason! Don’t take the kids. I’ve seen some rated R stuff that might have the kids shaking in a cold sweat in the corner of their room but this… yikes! There’s blood. There’s boobs. There’s sex. Sometimes all…
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Sonic 1, 2, 3, and the Knuckles miniseries
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Well they (gnomes) have certainly found a winning formula, haven’t they? How long before there are more cgi characters in these than actual live action characters? At what point are we just watching the Sonic cartoons again? Not that any of this is a complaint.…
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Elf (at the Elsinore Theatre)
(2003) You’re probably wondering why I would write a non-review for Elf. Hasn’t everyone seen it and loved it? The answer to that is a unanimous “Yes!” So this isn’t necessarily a non-review of Elf per sé. Similarly to my non-review of the experience of seeing the Five Nights at…
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Immortal Beloved & Beethoven Lives Upstairs
(1994) (1992) A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay SPOILERS! Immortal Beloved is a huge budget production with A-list acting giant Gary Oldman. Beethoven Lives Upstairs is a low budget 45 minute short film told from the perspective of a child. Both might be about the life of Ludwig Van Beethoven, but…
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