Category: Non-Reviews
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Wicked (Part 1)
(2024) A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Isaiah 5:20 says “Woe to those who call Wicked good…” Mary Shelly wrote “No man seems evil when you allow him to tell his story.” It’s also been said “Everyone is the bad guy in someone else’s story.” The modern prevalence of the misunderstood…
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Red One
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2024) SPOILERS UNLESS YOU’RE WELL VERSED IN ICELANDIC FOLKLORE I wanted to like this movie. I liked most of it. I liked maybe 73% of it. Incidentally I thought it was 27% too long. I guess that works out. So here’s what I liked. J.K.…
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Huckleberry Finn (The Adventures of) (1960) & Huck Finn (The Adventures of) (1993)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Mark Twain’s book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins with Huck and his friends sneaking off at night to make plans for the future. Their plan, as it reads, is to rob and kill passers-by and kidnap the women and hold them for ransom. Of…
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Quiet Man (The)
(1952) A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay You want to see a dang good movie? I don’t care who you are or what you’re into. You could be a dude of 30, a woman of 22, a lady of 12, a child of 67, or a class of 2000, you will…
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Madagascar Franchise
(2005-2020) A Non-review by Professor Popinjay This non-review encompasses everything Madagascar or Madagascar spinoff on or between the aforementioned years. Here’s a nifty list: Madagascar Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Penguins of Madagascar movie Penguins of Madagascar series All hail, King Julian All hail, King Julian:…
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Yankee Doodle Cricket
(1975) A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay [See that date up there? That’s when this film was made. My wife requested it. That shall henceforth be present for all eternity. I know I sometimes attach it to the title of the article but that’s usually to differentiate it from similarly named…
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Words by Heart
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay This non-review isn’t rife with jocularity so feel free to skip it if you’re looking for hoots. If you’re interested in knowing of a good movie, please read on. I’ve not been looking forward to this write-up. The movie was great. It had a lot…
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Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) & Brothers Grimm (2005)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay I know I was harping on the Brothers Grimm for the dreariness of their collected tales what with the harsh lessons and death and all. I make no apologies. But it is undeniable, German children ate these stories right up back in the day (Thursday,…
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Most Wanted
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay This is one of my early posts I happened to stumble upon while searching for something else. Bear with my rudimentary meanderings as they are even more unfocused than usual. I couldn’t let this slip through the cracks though. Enjoy.) I grabbed this vhs box…
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Wide Awake (1998)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay I thought I was going to trudge through this whole movie, pretty much just letting it play until it was over. Was I ever wrong! It starts in a Catholic school with a sad kid after his grandfather passed away, who finds himself rather disenfranchised…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 