Category: Non-Reviews
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My Dream is Yours
A non-review by Prof. Popinjay The most notable aspect of this film is that it features a tacked on dream sequence involving the main characters and Bugs Bunny. In fact Bugs is spoken of so often in this film, I’m surprised I didn’t have a dream sequence about him. The…
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Great Lover (The)
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay It’s an amusing scenario. Bob Hope plays a reluctant leader of a junior scout troop and he wants nothing more than to ditch the little twerps and woo a nice adult female human. The troop on the other hand seeks to save him from such…
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Mr. Destiny
A Non-review by Prof. Popinjay As some of my recent trivia has suggested, I watched Mr. Destiny starring Jim Belushi, Linda Hamilton, and Rene Russo… also Michael Caine as himself but with magic powers… so just regular Michael Caine I guess. Of course the elephant in the room I must…
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SHARKNADO!
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay Throughout history humanity has achieved a great many astounding accomplishments. Nuclear fission, seedless watermelon, and horseless flight, to name a few. But there exists now a new acheivement which makes these fine examples of human ingenuity look like the floundering last minute attempt at a…
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Mr. Moto’s Last Warning
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay I’d like to say that even though this film was released in 1939 it seems ahead of its time and contains no offensive stereotypes but that would be a lie. I found it fascinating though that the whole Mr. Moto series presented a Japanese hero…
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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
A Non-review by Prof. Popinjay 私はこの七部の物語を完全に日本語で見ました。私は日本語を話すのが上手ではありませんが、物語で何が起こっているのか理解しました。私が理解するようになったように、機動戦士ガンダムユニコーンはガンダムシリーズの最高の化身です。これはあなたの標準的な「宇宙でレーザーを発射する巨大ロボット」ショーです。しかし、機動戦士ガンダムユニコーンはそれだけではありません。それは素晴らしいアートワークを持っています。素晴らしい効果！素晴らしい声優。言語を理解していなくても、本当の感情を解釈することができました。このショーには、日本のメディアに典型的な多くの共通点が含まれていました。あまりにも頻繁に使用される側面は、主人公が敵に最後の攻撃を行う前に、何らかの形で彼の友人全員から励ましを聞いているということです。本当の敵はいない、誤解されている人だけというコンセプトが好きでした。両側にヒーローと悪役がいます。主人公は皆を大切にし、人生を大切にしました。悪役たちは自分たちのことだけを気にし、彼らの所属の理想を真に表すものではありませんでした。いわゆる悪役でさえ、本当の理解できる動機がありました。彼らを悪役にしたのは、彼らがした選択であり、時には致命的な方法で他人に不利益をもたらしました。これには強力な教訓があります。わからない言語で7部シリーズを見るのが一番好きなのは、終わったとき、通常の長さの映画を簡単に仕上げることです。
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Modern Problems and Mr. 3000
A Non-Review by Prof. Popinjay By odd coincidence it happened that I watched the films Modern Problems and Mr. 3000 one after the other. The two films could not be more different from each other and yet they had one thing in common. The main characters did not begin as…
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Barbie
A Non-review by Prof. Popinjay MILD SPOILERS MAYBE I liked the opening.I liked the narrator’s voice.I liked the set design of Barbie world.I liked all the different Barbies.I liked all the different Kens.I liked SkipperI liked Allan.I liked Midge.I liked Beach.I want to Beach.I liked the dance.I liked the first…
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Lego Batman Beleaguered & Lego Justice League vs. Bizarro League
A Non-review by Prof. Popinjay These are NOT to be confused with The Lego Batman Movie released in 2017. That movie was fantastic. These are different. Wayyyyy different. There’s a million of these Lego movies and the only good ones are the Lego Scooby-Doo ones. There I said it. The…
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Five Nights at Freddy’s Movie
A Non-review by Prof. Popinjay THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS IN THIS ARTICLE…because this is a review of an experience, not the movie itself. I took two of my middle school aged children to this PG-13 film. I did this because I knew if I didn’t it would probably come…
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