Category: Non-Reviews
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Quiz Show
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1994) I do enjoy historical films from time to time, even if it’s not about some Earth shattering event. Quiz Show is about a show on NBC called 21 that producers allegedly started to manipulate in arguably unethical ways to minutely govern the popularity of…
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Parables by the Circle Square Gang
A Non-review plus a hefty chunk of autobiography by Professor Popinjay (1974-1986) [Note: It’s come to my attention from those who read this blog via emails, the “featured image” is not included in the e-mail. For this reason I shall attach the featured image (usually just the movie poster or…
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Fall Guy (The)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2024) Apparently this was based on a whole series starring Lee Majors back in 1981. It ran for five seasons. By the time this show was shutting down I was only just becoming cognizant of the idea there could be shows on tv besides Winnie…
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Bride Hard
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2025) My wife brought Bride Hard home from the public library and I instantly knew I would love it. This is one of those “turn your brain off and enjoy it” comedies and yet it was also surprisingly violent at times! Rebel Wilson is hilarious…
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Holiday Inn
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1942) It seems I’ve migrated from Doris Day and Shirley Temple films over to Irving Berlin films. God help me! At the very least, we’ve had the film White Christmas (1954) on in the background during the Christmas season for three years now, ever since…
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Ocean’s 8-13 (Sans 9 & 10)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Intricately planning the multifaceted extraction of details and opinions regarding the following films in precisely this order, provided no major hitches occur and everything goes according to plan: Ocean’s 11 (1960) Ocean’s Eleven (2001) Ocean’s Twelve (2004) Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) Ocean’s Eight (2018) So far…
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
A Non-Review By Professor Popinjay (1964) Based on the book written by Robert L. May in 1939 for Montgomery Ward department stores, and etched into our skulls by Johnny Marks’ song, there’s not a soul on this planet who hasn’t heard of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. That’s right, if…
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Glitter & Greed: The Lisa Frank Story
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Just so there’s no confusion, this article is a non-review of the documentary of the same title directed and co-produced by Arianna LaPenne. What do you get when you put three alleged narcissists in one office building? A neon colored shit storm apparently. I liked…
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Beetlejuice- The Animated Series
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1989) Spoiler warning for the Beetlejuice movie (1988). While my mom may have expressed her dislike of this show and even may have made me turn it off at times, I confess I watched Beetlejuice religiously. I think I may have seen the movie on…
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Man Who Invented Christmas (The)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2017) [I suppose I should indicate a SPOILER ALERT but this film is centered around A Christmas Carol, written 182 years ago. I’m pretty sure everyone has seen or read it by now.] The word “Dickensian” is often used to describe squalid and unfair working…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 