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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
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 9

1994’s The Ref is not the longest film ever made at 97 minutes. Nonetheless it might well be slightly longer than it really needs to…

December 9, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 8

I had relatively high hopes for 2001’s Behind Enemy Lines. On paper it looks like it should be pretty good. A pilot gets shot down…

December 8, 2018

Humour, review
The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 7

On the cover of the DVD case that contains my copy of 1999’s comic crime caper Go, it’s Katie Holmes who appears to be the…

December 7, 2018

Humour, review

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