Category: Non-Reviews
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First Landing
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Despite the fact that this is a historical film recounting the diligent mediations of Reverend Robert Hunt aboard the Virginia Company’s voyage to America, it nevertheless remains mind-bogglingly boring. Robert Hunt is a fairly interesting person, although not in this movie. If you like stock…
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Mutiny! (1952)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay This was short but well written. I like it when they don’t feel the need to flesh out a good concise story with a bunch of nonsense just to make it a full 90 minutes. Unless it’s necessary it can really slow the story down.…
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Last Voyage of the Demeter(The)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Saw The Last Voyage of the Demeter tonight. For those who haven’t read Bram Stoker’s book, the Demeter is the ship what ran aground in the London harbor with no surviving crew. Little did the investigating constabulary know, this ship carried in its cargo the…
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Houdini: How Little Harry Became the Great Houdini
A Non-Review by Prof Popinjay Tired of movies about little magic kids named Harry? Try this one! It’s about a little magic kid named Harry! This is a charming fictional account of Harry Houdini’s childhood. Don’t look for any real life allusions though. This account is VERY fictional. It’s just…
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Moby Dick (1998)
A Non-Review by Prof Popinjay Finally finished Moby Dick with Patrick Stewart. The part I liked best is not reading a book about whales thicker than the complete works of Steven King. I think Melville may have accidentally took a spill and mixed his research with his novel because every…
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Mercury Rising
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay This movie really had everything. Drama, action, comedy, suspense, and I shed a tear at the end. It stars a guy named Bruce Willis who, for not being well known, does a decent job. Then there’s this kid. Miko Hughes. He’s the kid you know…
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Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a Half Century: The Series
Fantastic from beginning to end. Thirty-eight episodes of pure genius comedy gold. Every episode starts with the theme sung by Mr. Thunderball himself, Tom Jones. That alone would make this show worth it. I loved/was triggered by the episode where Cadet Porky is inexplicably replaced by a buxom bombshell in…
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Valentine: The Dark Avenger
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay Pretty sure this film’s budget was spent almost entirely on the DVD box art. That being said I’m glad these folks were able to get together and make a nice superhero movie without any money. It gives me hope for… well, life in general. If…
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Ghost Ship
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay I’m not into horror. I should say I’m not into most types of horror. I hate supernatural paranormal stuff for the most part because the rules are so ambiguous. It tends to make for bad writing. I hate senseless gore. I’m not into disturbing imagery…
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Resident Evil: Vendetta
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay ——-Appearantly there’s a rule in voice acting that states: If a mouth is open, a sound MUST come out of it. I noticed this phenomenon first in the anime movie Steam Boy. Every time the little boy in the film was looking in awe at…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 