Category: Non-Reviews
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay At first this movie disappointed me. I hate how they feel the need to get the character back to square one or worse before they can do a sequel. Yes it means he has several similar goals throughout the film as he did in the…
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Aeronauts (The)
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay This was an Amazon Prime exclusive. Every exciting scene was in the trailer and I won’t swear in court but I’m pretty sure many of the exciting scenes I saw in the trailer were omitted from the actual film. This movie was so boring I…
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Mountain (The)
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay I’d never considered mountain climbing a spectator sport but this film changed my mind. Our story begins with a toy airplane crashing into a mountain in slow motion. Despite the plane being miniature it still manages to expel a handful of full-sized human bodies all…
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An Unbreakable Sequel?
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay First published July 22, 2018 When I first saw this film in 2000 I was expecting a super amazing M Night Shyamalan twist at the end. Having not been impressed I felt jilted and wanted my time back. Then one day the movie was on…
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Marrying Man (The)
A Non-review by Prof. Popinja This movie is garbage. The man had a fiancé and the only thing wrong with her as far as Alec Baldwin’s character was concerned was that she wasn’t Kim Basinger’s character. This was one of those movies where a couple of married actors said, “Let’s…
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Jingle All the Way
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay I do not understand why so many people crap on this movie! The acting is terrible except for Sinbad and Phil Hartman, the plot is predictable and the jokes are all groaners. HOWEVER! Jake Lloyd (aka youngest Anakin Skywalker) is in this movie and in…
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Man Alone (A)
First published Aug 14, 2017 —–I liked A Man Alone while the man was actually alone. Unfortunately he was only alone for about five minutes. Even the METAPHOR of him being alone didn’t last act one. They should have called this A Man Surrounded by a Bunch of Trigger-Happy Accusative…
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Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (A) (1949)
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay So I was today years old when I learned how to spell “Connecticut”. It still doesn’t look right. I’ve always pronounced it “Cuh-NEH-TIH-cut”. Oh well. I get this film mixed up with Danny Kaye’s The Court Jester which I found to be a bit unfocused…
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Cricket on the Hearth
A Non-review by Prof. Popinjay This is a Rankin and Bass animated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. This is a hand drawn animation as opposed to the usual stop-motion Rankin and Bass production such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the like. Nevertheless the art style is recognizable.…
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Cowboys (The) (1972)
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay An elderly John Wayne plays an elderly cattle rustler who can’t find a trustworthy crew of semi-elderly men to help him move a huge number of cattle a great distance to market. Rather than hire the local band of lying no-good semi-elderly misfits, elderly Wayne…
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