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The Sixth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 7

2013’s About Time has all the hallmarks of a Richard Curtis film, and that is almost certainly because it is a Richard Curtis film. Which…

December 7, 2022

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The Sixth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 6

Of all the movies in the Rocky franchise, Rocky III is probably my third favourite. It’s hard to beat the original Rocky which is just…

December 6, 2022

Humour, review
The Sixth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 5

Despite the fact that Arthurian legend seems to be the perfect source material for a Hollywood epic, there really aren’t too many King Arthur movies…

December 5, 2022

Humour, review
The Sixth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 4

Orson Welles’ 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane is oft described as the greatest movie ever made. I can only assume that the people making that claim…

December 4, 2022

review
The Sixth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 3

1996’s 101 Dalmatians is technically the second ‘live action’ remake of an earlier animated feature if you consider 1994’s The Jungle Book to be the…

December 3, 2022

Humour
The Sixth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 2

2019’s ‘live action’ update of Disney’s Lady and the Tramp doesn’t have any offensive racial caricatures masquerading as cats, which is a notable improvement, but…

December 2, 2022

Humour, review

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