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The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 19

David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises is not the cheeriest of films. Indeed it’s all pretty dark and unpleasant really, dealing with matters such as sex-trafficking, rape and…

December 19, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 18

In last’ year’s James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films writer/director Shane Black was responsible for no less than 6 of the films included. Some…

December 18, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 17

I first saw The Royal Tenenbaums when it hit cinema screens in 2001. And I hated it. I rarely leave the multiplex angry at a…

December 17, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 16

When the opening scene of a film concludes with the brutal killing of two prisoners of war, one might assume that it’s not the most…

December 16, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 15

1968’s The Lion in Winter is based on a play and in many ways it does feel more like watching a stage performance rather than…

December 15, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 14

On paper The French Connection appears to be a run-of-the-mill crime thriller, with a protagonist, in Detective Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle (Gene Hackman), who doesn’t play…

December 14, 2018

Humour, review

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February 3, 2021

A Short Poem About Vaccines

Despite recent tub-thumping about vaccine supplies I for one have not taken my eyes off the prize For when this will be over, we are…
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A Haiku That Is Probably Slightly Less Interesting Than The Majority Of My Already Fairly Uninspired Haikus, Although In Some Respects One That More Closely Matches The Basic Requirements Of A Haiku Than Most Of My Efforts

On days when it rains I often think to myself I don’t much like rain