Category: Humour
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2011’s cinematic adaptation of John Le Carré’s 1974 novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is not the easiest of movies to follow. It might have helped…
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David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises is not the cheeriest of films. Indeed it’s all pretty dark and unpleasant really, dealing with matters such as sex-trafficking, rape and…
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In last’ year’s James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films writer/director Shane Black was responsible for no less than 6 of the films included. Some…
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I first saw The Royal Tenenbaums when it hit cinema screens in 2001. And I hated it. I rarely leave the multiplex angry at a…
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When the opening scene of a film concludes with the brutal killing of two prisoners of war, one might assume that it’s not the most…
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1968’s The Lion in Winter is based on a play and in many ways it does feel more like watching a stage performance rather than…
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On paper The French Connection appears to be a run-of-the-mill crime thriller, with a protagonist, in Detective Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle (Gene Hackman), who doesn’t play…
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2010’s Red is ostensibly a ‘by-the-numbers’ action flick. Bruce Willis barely needs to get out of second gear in his performance as lead character Frank…
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2015’s The Hateful Eight is the eighth film by Quentin Tarantino and it is not untypical of his oeuvre, containing, as it does, extreme violence,…
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When Jurassic Park hit the big screen in 1993, it was pretty pioneering stuff. For the first time dinosaurs on screen looked like real dinosaurs.…
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Many film franchises that begin with a great first outing often deliver sequels of diminishing returns. But few decline quite so rapidly with each edition…
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1994’s The Ref is not the longest film ever made at 97 minutes. Nonetheless it might well be slightly longer than it really needs to…
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I had relatively high hopes for 2001’s Behind Enemy Lines. On paper it looks like it should be pretty good. A pilot gets shot down…
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On the cover of the DVD case that contains my copy of 1999’s comic crime caper Go, it’s Katie Holmes who appears to be the…
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Objectively I can see that 1991’s Hook is not an especially good film, but I still can’t help but like it. As intriguing as the…
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1989’s When Harry Met Sally is one of the few romantic comedies that I’ll openly admit to liking. It is a romantic comedy in the…
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Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake of King Kong is a bit on the long side at 187 minutes. This is an impressive feat given that the…
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The Life of Brian was my introduction to the world of Monty Python, though the first time I watched it, while I found it fairly…
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I had intended to include 2002’s Catch Me If You Can in last year’s ‘Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films’ but alas I was unable to…
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And so December is upon us and The Second Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films is officially underway. But just what is the…
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Last year I spent the build-up to Christmas by reviewing films that had a (sometimes tenuous) link to the festive season. At the time I…
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There’s no getting away from it – this post is an absolute shambles. This is partly because I started writing it on the 27th August…
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It’s been a while since I last blogged. Possibly that is due to a certain amount of blogging fatigue accrued during the ‘200 posts in…
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This post, the one you’re currently reading (if indeed you are reading this) is the 524th post to appear on James Proclaims. Which is not…
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Sorry that I didn’t Do that thing I said I’d do I didn’t get around to it Because I didn’t want to It’s not that…
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Sitting on my sofa Is where I like to be It might not be exciting But it’s just right for me I don’t crave adventure…
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Welcome back to another James Explains, the place where I answer the questions that no-one else can. Mostly because they weren’t asked those questions. I…
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As part of my never ending quest to be able to have my cake and eat it, and then have another slice of cake and…
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Sunday much better When I begin my day with Sundae for breakfast
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Awesome Friday nights Far too often result in Awful Saturdays
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Waited a whole week For Friday night to arrive Just to dread Monday
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