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The Fourth Annual Christmas Message from James Proclaims

As it is now a firmly established tradition that I write a Christmas message on Christmas Day, I shan’t eschew that responsibility and let down…

December 25, 2018

Humour, James Proclaims
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 24

It’s Christmas Eve once more and therefore logic would dictate that it’s time for the final entry in The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar…

December 24, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 23

Director John Frankenheimer made into last’s years James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films with the, frankly, awful but surprisingly Christmas(ish) Reindeer Games. If that…

December 23, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 22

2008’s Hellboy 2: The Golden Army is a pretty decent follow up to 2004’s Hellboy. Both movies were directed by Guillermo Del Toro, who made…

December 22, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 21

For a movie that is based on the premise of middle aged men abusing their status and power to conduct extramarital affairs with their younger…

December 21, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 20

2011’s cinematic adaptation of John Le Carré’s 1974 novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is not the easiest of movies to follow. It might have helped…

December 20, 2018

Humour, review

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