Category: Non-Reviews
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Clueless
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay I was thirteen years old when Clueless came out. If you had told me then that Clueless was a modern rendition of Jane Austen’s Emma, my reaction would have been “Huh, interesting. I’m going to resume playing Super Metroid now.” I didn’t know or care…
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Inside Out 2
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay I took all the kids to see this at the theater… all the kids that I personally fathered anyway. The rest were on their own. I’m sure my older kids suspected my ulterior motive in requiring their presence. Their ages right now are 15, 13,…
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Egg and I (The) and The Ma and Pa Kettle franchise
Unless you’re about 80 years old you’ve probably never heard of these guys but back in the 50’s Ma and Pa Kettle saved Universal from bankruptcy. It’s no big surprise either because these films are pretty enjoyable. Actress Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle was the driving force behind the duo…
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Moon Over Parador
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Did you love the movie Dave but really wish there was an older movie with a similar plot? Did you read the Prince and the Pauper but always wished the prince would have a heart attack early in the story? I know! Who doesn’t want…
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Pete’s Dragon (1977 & 2016)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay I had seen the 1977 musical before. In fact I had some long lasting trauma from it. You never know what will affect a kid but when they have no concept of what is going on in a scene and can’t effectively articulate inquiries to…
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Matador (The)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Imagine a Sherlock Holmes story but replace Sherlock Holmes with an assassin and replace Watson with… well the Watson character is still basically the Watson character in this, just following the assassin around and being amazed at everything he does. Also, the Watson character’s wife…
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Cloverfield Paradox (The)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Wellllllllllllllllll poop. Oh SPOILERS BTW. LIKE MAJOR SPOILERS. Wellllllllllllllllll poop. They went and done a PotC:aWE on us! They get us excited for a nice little movie franchise and then just throw it into a blender. I was riveted throughout this film. I was at…
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Bumblebee
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Transformers movies have been a tough row to hoe. I always thought the toys were cool and I even had a couple but by the time I was really cognizant they had kind of passed their prime. No pun intended. Or maybe they hadn’t yet…
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10 Cloverfield Lane
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay MAJOR SPOILERS HUGELY MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!! I PRETTY MUCH EXPLAIN THE WHOLE MOVIE YOU WERE WARNED!!!! Basically, only read this if you’ve seen it or you’re kind of curious about this film but have been unsure about it because of its possible content. Here we go……
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Cloverfield
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay MILD SPOILERS I want to start by saying I don’t think this was a bad movie. The reason I want to start with this is because I initially thought this was a bad movie. I also knew this wasn’t a fair assessment however because for…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 