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

The main selling point of 2013’s ‘Grudge Match’ is the notion of a match-up between Rocky and Raging Bull. But iconic though those two silver…

December 18, 2020

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

1998’s ‘The Truman Show’ is something of a genre-defying movie, that also turned out to be ahead of its time. Had it been made more…

December 17, 2020

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

2013 seemed to be the year for ‘Die Hard’ rip-offs that were set in the White House. Well, there were two of them anyway. The…

December 16, 2020

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

There was something of a furore back in 2000 when Rene Zellweger was announced as the choice to take on the eponymous lead in the…

December 15, 2020

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

It’s probably fair to say that 2004’s Mean Girls was not really aimed at me. It is, perhaps lazily, oft-referred to a ‘teen comedy’. I…

December 14, 2020

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

2016’s Deadpool is technically Ryan Reynolds’ second big screen outing as the eponymous antihero. The less said about the first incarnation in 2009’s X-Men Origins:…

December 13, 2020

Humour, review

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December 22, 2022

The Sixth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 22

2020’s Wonder Woman 1984 may not be as good as 2017’s Wonder Woman but it’s by no means the worst entry in the DC Extended…
December 21, 2022

The Sixth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 21

Compared to the largely coherent Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Extended Universe has always seemed a bit shambolic and rushed. Which isn’t to say there…
December 20, 2022

The Sixth Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 20

It’s pretty much accepted wisdom that every even numbered Star Trek movie is good and every odd numbered Star Trek movie is bad. It’s not…

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