Category: Non-Reviews
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Gang Busters
A Non-Review by Prof Popinjay There’s a lot to unpack here. This is a 1952 serial played in episodes at the start of a feature presentation back when for 15 cents you got a live dance, a newsreel, and a cartoon before the movie or you could legally burn down…
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Facing the Giants
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay It’s a sports movie… therefore it’s good. This is another film directed by Alex Kendrick along with Courageous, Flywheel, and most notable Fireproof with Kirk Cameron. Some of these films deal with heart wrenching subjects and while those subjects are important to deal with, I…
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Covenant Rider
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay There was nothing I didn’t like about this movie. It was a gripping story with plenty of humor and drama and a good ending. The part I appreciated most was the fellow who, even though he was pressured to join a band of misfits against…
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Court Martial of Billy Mitchel
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay As soon as I realized this wasn’t an Abbott and Costello film I was so disinterested. But I watched it anyway and I’m so glad I did. The title “The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell” conjures images of some goof-off in the military getting canned…
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Count of Monte Cristo (1974)
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay I used to be a fan of the 2002 version of “The Count of Monte Cristo” with Jim Caviezel. That is until I saw the 1974 version. The 2002 version had a Hollywood ending where all the good guys were happy and the bad guys…
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Cold River
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Another movie about two kids lost in the wilderness? Oh no! Did Pa find his Super 8 camera again? And after we tried so hard to hide it from him after his last cinematic masterpiece Black Thunder Mountain. Okay so it’s not the same “film…
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Clash by Night
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay ——I don’t intentionally watch films I won’t like just to write a negative review of them. I might have liked this one! It was entirely possible! I just didn’t. Pure drama from start to finish. Everybody mad at everybody else. The only comic relief was…
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Chariots of Fire
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay This is a classic! An epic tale of two stalwart runners with unshakable integrity! One, a man of Jewish heritage facing persecution from unsympathetic genitals and the other, a role model to Catholic and Protestant children from Ireland! Their respect for each other is palpable…
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Casablanca
A non-review by Professor Popinjay Yeah, I was today years old when I finally saw this film. Figured it was finally time to crawl out from under my rock and see what all the parodies were about. When Disney’s Viacom’s Nickelodeon’s “Doug” is doing Casablanca parodies to an audience whose…
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay One thing that I can relate to when it comes to a modern audience’s regard for older movies is the lack of appreciation for musical numbers tacked on to films of old because of the long lasting conversion from the all-singing all-dancing vaudeville routines. Entertainment…
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