Category: Humour
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No-one loves a pandemic more than me. Then again, no-one loves a pandemic less than me. Because, presumably, no-one loves a pandemic. Except possibly toilet-paper…
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I used to have a boss. For the sake of anonymity, we’ll call him Brian. He wasn’t called Brian, but he wasn’t a bad guy…
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Home is where the heart is Which is useful because it’s also where the rest of me is All the time now And I like…
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When last I blogged, I did so from my office in a very much still open, though poorly attended, school. That same day the government…
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Two years ago this blog was positively thriving. Between November 2017 and May 2018, I wrote a post everyday for 200 consecutive days. I write…
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We’re now in the last week of February 2020 and I have clearly missed my goal of making sure I post something on this blog…
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In the ‘real world’ there is a man called James who looks a lot like me and who some people might describe as reasonably intelligent.…
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Today is Blue Monday and therefore officially the most depressing day of the year. This is based on actual scientific fact and not a slap…
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It’s the second Monday in January and Christmas is now but a distant memory. Although my bank balance might disagree and pay day does seem…
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Today is January 6th and by any definition Christmas is now over. Except for all the masses of chocolate, wine and beer that appear to…
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Ah 2020. What a year. I mean it’s obviously only just begun, but I have a feeling that 2020 will be a year like no…
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As this is very much the last day of 2019 it behoves me to write about the year that has just happened. But because 2019…
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As we’re roughly in the midpoint of that weird period between Christmas and New Year, known to some as Twixmas (and this is not because…
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Merry Christmas! Yes it’s the big day once again and everyone everywhere is making merry! Except for those that aren’t. Which is probably quite a…
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And so The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films comes to an end. But what film could be lurking behind door 24?…
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Time for door 23 of The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films, which, thankfully means we’re almost done with my delusions of film…
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2015’s Run All Night is the third (of four to date) collaborations between director Jaume Collet-Serra and senescent superman Liam Neeson. Like all their other collaborations…
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Barry Levinson’s 1982 directorial debut, Diner is an eminently watchable film. Although nothing much really happens. Set in 1959, it’s a sort-of coming-of-age story about…
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Door 20 of The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films brings us 1985’s Better Off Dead. Which is quite a strange film. At…
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1998’s Soldier seems like exactly the kind of film I would have been watching in the late 90’s. It’s as generic a sci-fi action flic as you…
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It’s December 18th, which means we’re now only a week from the big day. Probably time to start wrapping the presents. Be careful with those…
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If yesterday’s entry, Love Actually found me conflicted over my feelings about Richard Curtis as a filmmaker, then his directorial follow-up The Boat That Rocked did little…
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Richard Curtis is a man who divides opinions. Specifically he divides my opinions. In some respects the man achieved a God-like status in my esteem…
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Door 15 of The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films reveals the third in this year’s collection, which is an adaptation of a…
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