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

The original 1972 version of The Poseidon Adventure is infinitely better than the 2006 ‘reimagining’ of the story. It is still, fundamentally, a popcorn disaster…

December 19, 2022

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

Danny DeVito’s 1989 black comedy reunites him with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner after their successful collaborations in Romancing the Stone and The Jewell of…

December 18, 2022

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

Few actors divide opinion as much as Nicholas Cage. Is he a gifted actor, as indicated by his numerous awards or is he, in fact,…

December 17, 2022

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

The Expendables franchise may not be everyone’s cup of tea but it could never be accused of pretending to be anything that it isn’t. An…

December 16, 2022

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

1995 teen comedy Clueless just happened to come out when I was still a teenager, so I was quite possibly its target audience at the…

December 15, 2022

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

I know, objectively, that 2012’s The Perks of being a Wallflower is not a bad film. Indeed there is quite a lot to recommend it,…

December 14, 2022

Humour, review

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