Category: Non-Reviews
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Fantasia & Fantasia 2000
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Fantasia (1940) Fantasia 2000 (1999) Disney’s Fantasia was meant to be an ongoing project with new featurettes being constantly added and other parts gradually being retired with every new theatrical release. Personally I thought this was a neat idea but sadly Disney kicked this off…
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An Endearing Reply from Peter S. Beagle, Author of The Last Unicorn
Exciting news! I have had the distinct pleasure of receiving a reply from Peter S. Beagle in response to my Non-review regarding The Last Unicorn which I sent to him for his approval. I have attached his response to the original Non-review and I post his response again here: “Dear…
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Last Unicorn (The)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1982) Sorry it’s been a minute since my last blog, I’ve been drawing a pickle car and building medieval weaponry for my children. Wow, this was deep! Deeper than I care to go right now. There are countless videos on YouTube which go into the…
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Edward Scissorhands
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (1990) As I was still identifying through my parents when this first came out, I turned my nose up at this just like they did. It looked dark and spooky and NOT for the likes of us! This is not to present my parents as…
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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2003) I’ve never seen a Sinbad the Sailor movie that I didn’t like. The old franchise has some of the best stop-motion monsters in the industry by master of the craft, Ray Harryhausen. Many of these effects still hold up today and some of it…
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Dark City
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1998) Talk about a trip! Dark City starts as a gritty crime drama set in a 1940’s style film noir city underworld with a mystery that blows the mind more and more with each part that unravels. I don’t want to give ANYTHING away! Rufus…
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Theives
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2023) Yes, there is another Dungeons & Dragons movie that came out in 2005. I haven’t seen it but I’ve heard it’s terrible. Personally, I can’t wait to see that one. I’m sure it deserves its own analysis and I don’t want to combine it…
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Capote
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2005) I had zero interest in this film going in and I had no idea who Truman Capote was. I assumed he had something to do with the mafia. From the sounds of things, he may have, albeit unknowingly. From the sound of other aspects…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movies (Part 2 of 2)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay This article will regard the following films: Batman vs. the TMNT (2019): I actually did a non-review for Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles a long time ago but I never ported it over to this platform because I wasn’t satisfied with it. I realized…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movies (Part 1 of 2)
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay This article will regard the following films: I’ll be looking into these films in precisely this order for my own reasons. Also, I should point out this is not a comprehensive list of TMNT films. There are a few others I’ve either not seen yet,…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 