Category: Non-Reviews
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AMAZING PANDA ADVENTURE
a non-review by Prof. Popinjay Every once in a while a cheap made-for-tv movie comes along and blows me away. This is not one of those times. I’m not going to be overly harsh for much the same reason I wouldn’t be overly harsh criticizing athletes at the special olympics.…
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ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR (1961)
A Non-Reveiw by Professor Popinjay Today I’m talking about the film titled… uh… let’s see… now what was it called again?… can’t recall. Anyway, it stars that one guy… you know who I’m talking about… he’s always smoking a tobacco pipe? Arthur MacSomething. Anyway, he invents some stuff. It’s funny.…
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ABBOTT AND COSTELLO Part 1
(There is no part 2 yet.) By Prof Popinjay If you don’t know, Abbott and Costello are a comedy team that came out of vaudeville and are one of only a few comedy duos who managed to translate well into film at a time when many actors struggled to adapt…
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Meg (The)
A Non-Review by Prof Popinjay When I was a kid I had a cup promoting Universal Studios and specifically the Jaws attraction. The cup had a picture of a boat and a picture of the shark but their size relation was disproportionate, making the shark appear big enough to swallow…
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
A Non-review by Prof. Popinjay This film was bloody brilliant. While normally I would simply leave it at that and walk away, I have to say a few things about this. I’ve been a Weird Al fan since I was born. Pretty sure “Like a Surgeon” was playing in the…
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1984 (1984)
A Non-Review by Prof Popinjay Winston Smith has a problem. He wants to pork like a penguin with a pompadour. Problem is he lives in a dystopian future where “Big Brother” has cameras everywhere and frankly he’d prefer a bit of privacy. I don’t remember why Big Brother is so…
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Robin and Marian
A Non-Review by Prof Popinjay This serves as a sequel to most Robin Hood tales and takes up the story when Robin (Sean Connery) is old and gray and has had his fill of King Richard’s monkeyshines. It has its humor but it’s ultimately a bit of a let down.…
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Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
A non-review by Professor Popinjay —-I learned something! This is a film about a brigade that travels lightly! They don’t carry a lot of stuff with them. Imagine my surprise! I thought it was about a brigade that only comes out in the daytime. Boy was I wrong! I haven’t…
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Martian (The)
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay Great movie. One might assume a film about a man alone on Mars would be slow but the suspense is constant and the humor is steady. It all wraps up with a very exciting climax. I love the line “No offense but I am the…
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Moscow on the Hudson
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay This film is a beautiful cornucopia of humanity. Every single character with whom the main character interacts is a different race, creed, and/or persuasion. Without exception each example is celebrated for the addition of their culture to the melting pot but are at the same…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 