Category: Non-Reviews
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Lost City (The) (2022)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Would you believe there’s another film called The Lost City (2005). That one stars Andy Garcia and Inés Sastre and has nothing to do with the 2022 title. Bill Murray is in it though. Actually it sounds pretty good. How old is Sandra Bullock now?…
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12 Monkeys
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1995) DO NOT confuse this for a Non-review of the 12 Monkeys SERIES! Oooooo! If you do that!!!! I shan’t be held accountable. Most 13 year olds back in 1995 were not interested in a film like this. It was science fiction but it wasn’t…
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Canadian Bacon
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1995) I remember seeing this vhs tape on the shelf at the rental store and I recalled John Candy passed away in 1994 so I figured this must be his last film. I remember being sad about that even at a young age. I’m more…
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Zootopia
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2016) One can like Zootopia and not go to conventions wearing fuzzy animal mascot costumes. I’m living proof of that. I would like to see more gritty crime dramas featuring cute woodland creatures. Oops. Sorry! I didn’t mean to say “cute”. That’s their word. The…
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Greatest Showman vs. The Mighty Barnum
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay The Greates Showman (2017) The Mighty Barnum (1934) My impaired eyesight led me to believe I was seeing a film about a really cool snowman. Imagine my disappointment once this film rolled the credits without showing a single snowman. Turns out this was the strangest…
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Compass Rose Queen Writes of All Grand Canyons!
Yeah, this article might not be about movies but what kind of husband would I be if I didn’t promote my wife’s painstaking three-months-to-research blog about every geological formation of Earth nicknamed “such-and-such’s Grand Canyon”? Thankfully, I’m an amazing husband who deserves lots of treats and favors. Click on the…
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Young Frankenstein
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1974) As an homage to this film, I shall be writing this Non-review in black and white. With a new Naked Gun film and “Space Balls 2: The Search for More Money” both on the horizon, it seems screwball comedies are making a comeback. That…
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5 Fantastic Fours (and an animated series)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay NO spoilers FOR FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS!!! Perhaps a few for these other titles. In this Non-review I shall muse on: Many of my millions of readers might be confused by the existence of five Fantastic Four films. The 1994 film, directed by Roger Corman…
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Blue Beetle
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2023) The “passing of the torch” motif has worked before. It worked in The Mask of Zorro (1998). It worked in Ant-Man (year). Both of those films had the “original” hero present and mentoring the new guy. Blue Beetle had the new guy of course.…
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Wolverine Movies (Sans Deadpool… mostly)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay This Non-review will focus on (and contain some spoilers for): The first X-men films from 2000, 2003, and 2006, rapidly became Wolverine-centric. There was an X-men team doing things around Wolverine but he was definitely the focal point by the end of it all. I…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 