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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
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 13

2010’s Red is ostensibly a ‘by-the-numbers’ action flick. Bruce Willis barely needs to get out of second gear in his performance as lead character Frank…

December 13, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 12

2015’s The Hateful Eight is the eighth film by Quentin Tarantino and it is not untypical of his oeuvre, containing, as it does, extreme violence,…

December 12, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 11

When Jurassic Park hit the big screen in 1993, it was pretty pioneering stuff. For the first time dinosaurs on screen looked like real dinosaurs.…

December 11, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 10

Many film franchises that begin with a great first outing often deliver sequels of diminishing returns. But few decline quite so rapidly with each edition…

December 10, 2018

Humour, review

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March 4, 2021

A Churlish Celebration Of World Book Day

Happy World Book Day everyone! Because if you live in the UK, then today is World Book Day. If you live somewhere else then it…
March 3, 2021

A Poem About How The Beginning Of March Is Never Quite As Nice, Weather-wise, As We Expect It To Be

Though March is but a few days old I’m disappointed, (truth be told) That most days are still quite cold Unlike the dream that I…
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A Rapid And Somewhat Cynical Rhyme About The Ending Of Covid Restrictions In The UK (That May Or May Not Be Happening In The Near Future)

You could say 2021 Has not really been much fun But as we’re on month number three It won’t be long until we’re free For…

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