Category: Non-Reviews
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Two Bits & Pepper (Part 1 of 2)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay This came up at the almost end of a long line of films I’ve viewed, all of which would normally be cataloged into the “I’ll write about this eventually” file, but not this title. I want to write about this right now, while it’s fresh.…
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Pacific Rim/Pacific Rim Uprising
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay I used to draw giant robots for all my friends. How’s that for a cold start to an article? No big deal. Each friend had their own giant robot specific to them that reflected what they thought was cool. They were giant humanoid robots the…
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Oblivion
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Tom Cruise is weird. I don’t want to get into his personal life but professionally… he’s also weird. Could you imagine managing a Burger King and hiring a guy who’s already very rich yet still demands another life-time supply of money and then comes in…
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Queen of Katwe
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay “In chess, the small one can become the big one.” I recently attended a presentation about life in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We brought the kids along as it was to be very informative and we’d like them to think about people other than…
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Alien to Alien Romulus (Part 3 of 3)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay SOME SPOILERS STILL… BUT NOT FOR ROMULUS!!! Finally and none too soon we come to Alien: Romulus. Taking place chronologically after Alien but before Aliens with an S. I’ve always enjoyed the historical and mythological ties each of these movies has. In Alien, their ship…
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Alien to Alien Romulus (Part 2 of 3)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay SPOILERS! But not for Romulus… if I ever get to it. Now we come to Prometheus, chronologically taking place long before Alien. Pretty sure I had to sneak and watch this on my laptop in a hole somewhere to keep from traumatizing the kids and…
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Alien to Alien Romulus (Part 1 of 3)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay OOF. Yeah SPOILER ALERT, I guess… for just about every film in the franchise. Although I’m going to try to keep the details of Alien: Romulus under wraps. I freaking LOVE the Alien franchise. I saw the second and third before I sat down to…
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Nacho Libre
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay This movie was so weird. It wasn’t Eraserhead weird, thankfully. Or The Forbidden Zone weird. Nacho Libre was Napoleon Dynamite weird. I suppose there’s good reason for that. It had a plot. The plot made sense for the most part. It had a “feel good”…
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Twister/Twisters
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay For my wife, if she doesn’t watch Twister at least once between June and August, then summer didn’t happen as far as she’s concerned. Naturally, when Twisters with an S was announced I knew we’d be getting tickets or I’d be sleeping in the bathtub…
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Mac and Me
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay SPOILERS AS IF THIS MOVIE HASN’T ALREADY BEEN SPOILED SIMPLY BY EXISTING! My dad rented this on vhs from the Four Corners Rental Store because he thought it looked cute. I watched it unironically and found nothing bizarre about it whatsoever. This is not a…
