Category: Non-Reviews
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3 Ninjas x 4: Yes, They Made 4 of These!
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay I suppose I should address the elephant in the room. Victor Wong is obviously not Japanese, he’s Chinese. But hey, what’s the difference, right!?! WRONG! Clyde Kusatsu was right there! He was at the top of his game! I don’t know, maybe he was too…
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Jackasses: A reluctant look at 4 Jackass films
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay THIS ARTICLE IS NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 36. WARNING! THIS NON-REVIEW IS WRITTEN BY A PROFESSIONAL AND SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED AT HOME. JUST BECAUSE THE AUTHOR PRESENTS ASPECTS OF THESE FILMS IN A HUMOROUS WAY DOES NOT MEAN THE FILMS ARE…
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New Gods: Nezha Reborn
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2019) Hey! Finally a Chinese folklore film with a very specific title! And this one DOES have a sequel with New Gods: Yang Jian. Incidentally, this film has nothing to do with The Monkey King Reborn (2021). I’m guessing “Reborn” in China is like “Mt.…
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Nezha (2019)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Like Sun Wukong (Aka The Monkey King) there are many movies about Nezha. Some of these stories are pretty accurate to the original folklore. Others have elements from the original stories but kind of take their own path. Nezha (2019) is one of these. Before…
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2025) MILD SPOILERS! Don’t worry! I’m not here to wax philosophical about this big-budget well-to-do soap opera. I watched the first episode of season one and that was just a couple months ago. The only reason I was curious at all was because I thought…
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Tron to Tron: Ares (Part 4 of 4)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay !!!WARNING! POSSIBLE AND/OR DEFINITE MILD AND/OR PICANTE SPOILERS FOR THE FOLLOWING TITLES¡¡¡ With the Blu-ray release of Tron-Legacy we got a short called Tron: The Next Day. This 11 minute video sets up a sequel in a very non-committal way, throwing us bones but with…
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Tron to Tron: Ares (Part 3 of 4)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay !!!WARNING! POSSIBLE AND/OR DEFINITE MILD AND/OR PICANTE SPOILERS FOR THE FOLLOWING TITLES¡¡¡ The animated series “Tron: Uprising” would come out on Disney XD (😆?) in 2012 but would take place chronologically before “Legacy”. In “Uprising” we learn that the Tron program (again voiced by Boxleitner)…
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Tron to Tron: Ares (Part 2 of 4)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay !!!WARNING! POSSIBLE AND/OR DEFINITE MILD AND/OR PICANTE SPOILERS FOR THE FOLLOWING TITLES¡¡¡ Arcade game tie-ins with Tron were an obvious direction for the merchandising even in a then fledgling (and soon to be crashing) video game market. The original “Tron” cabinet was festooned with neon…
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Tron to Tron: Ares (Part 1 of 4)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay !!!WARNING! POSSIBLE AND/OR DEFINITE MILD AND/OR PICANTE SPOILERS FOR THE FOLLOWING TITLES¡¡¡ First conceived as a completely animated feature, postulated as having little practical value beyond a brief runtime, and eschewed by most production companies until Disney saw its potential, Tron (1982) would become a…
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The Monkey King Reborn (2021)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Sorry I haven’t posted feverishly throughout the week like I usually do but I’m on a Tron kick right now and the research has led me down some pretty crazy rabbit holes. Also, I ate some really weird cake and grew to a hundred times…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 