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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
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

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A Sort Of Penultimate Post

Yesterday I posted a haiku that, as with all my haikus, failed to meet most of the criteria to qualify as a haiku, and might,…
March 21, 2021

A Haiku To Announce A Temporary (Though Worryingly Non-Specific) Cessation Of Haikus On This Blog

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March 20, 2021

A Post That Might Be About Something But Probably Isn’t

Sometimes on my way to work I go for breakfast at a place the kids tend to call a ‘Drive Through’ and the really cool…

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