Category: Non-Reviews
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Crazy Rich Asians
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2018) In this case the term “crazy” is referring to people who party and do wild things. I did not go into this film thinking it would be about people with derogatory mental illness. I don’t think a film titled “Mentally ill People from the…
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Wall-E
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2008) Is Wall-E the perfect movie? Or, more accurately, is Pixar a production company that produces only perfect movies? While Wall-E may not be my favorite Pixar movie, Wall-E is cinematic perfection in my opinion. Everything was done right. It’s funny. It’s dramatic. It’s subtle…
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Hamilton
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay Opened on Broadway (2015) Made available to watch on Disney+ (2020) I watched the first part of Hamilton on a date. It was great! Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lyrics are amazing. It’s no surprise to learn he wrote lyrics for Moana (2016), Vivo (2022), and Encanto (2021).…
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Vampire Hunter D & VHD Bloodlust
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay Vampire Hunter D (1985) Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) I am very excited to finally get to write about this. I have appreciated Vampire Hunter D ever since I first saw it during an all night anime marathon on TV. I managed to record the…
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2016) I went into this film expecting a comedy. I assumed it was a movie about drinking and ballroom dancing. Imagine my disappointment. Naturally, it did have some humor here and there as any good script does. But this is by no means a comedy.…
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Ultraviolet
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (2006) I remember liking Ultraviolet but I recall the ending being kind of tame. Like, did something just happen? Oh, that’s the end… okay, I guess. This could be due to a not very memorable villain. Just a guy in a suit, I think. Vampirism…
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Lizzie Bennet Diaries (The)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2012) The Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice “Bride & Prejudice” with a ‘B’, which I just recently non-reviewed, is a tolerable hour and fifty-one minutes. The very meta and self-aware 2013 film Austenland, which I have not seen but I feel a…
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Jurassic World: Rebirth
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay (2025) Alternate title: Jurassic World: Sorry About the Previous Film Seriously, if they (gnomes) had wrapped up Jurassic World: Dominion properly, would we even have Rebirth? Dominion was a nostalgia fest with hardly anything to do with dinosaurs, vicious or docile. It bugged me. Haha!…
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Superman (2025)
A Non-review by Professor Popinjay NO SPOILERS!!! I’ve been working on a long-winded diatribe for the last two weeks and I’m in no mood to do another. I’m gonna keep this short and sweet. With Zack Snyder at the helm, for a brief instance Superman’s trustworthy Boy Scout image was…
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Tall Tale
A Non-Review by Professor Popinjay (1995) I found this film strange, even when I watched it as a kid. I’d like to describe this as an “old west fables” version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. That would have been a much cooler idea in my opinion. While it combined…
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