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The Fifth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 18

I often have misgivings about movies that are based on real life events, and similar misgivings about movies that win ‘Best Picture’ at the Academy…

December 18, 2021

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

2013’s I Give It A Year is a sort of anti-rom-com, about a ‘happily ever after’ that doesn’t pan out the way it is supposed…

December 17, 2021

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

A slow-moving film centred around nineteen-fifties haute-couture would normally be a pretty hard sell for me. But when it is written and directed by Paul…

December 16, 2021

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

The plot of 2017 drama ‘The Wife’ does rather hinge on a twist, and it is quite a predictable twist. But just because you can…

December 15, 2021

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

Unlike Lady and the Tramp, I don’t recall ever watching 101 Dalmatians as a child. I’ve seen it a few times as an adult, most…

December 14, 2021

Humour, review
The Fifth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 13

A movie which centres around one man trapped on an island for five years definitely runs the risk of being a bit..well…dull. While such an…

December 13, 2021

Humour, review

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Industrial Resolutions

The bells have tolled, the ball has dropped and in various countries, around the world, people have eaten grapes, carried suitcases a short distance or…
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The Disposable James Proclaims New Year’s Eve Review Of The Year That Was

And so ends 2024. And what a year it has been. A quick perusal of various news sites suggests quite a lot of stuff has…
December 25, 2024

The Tenth Annual Christmas Message from James Proclaims

There are no chestnuts roasting on an open fire. That seems like a ridiculously unnecessary hazard in a small terraced house in Reading. There are…

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