Category: Humour
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Sirens blareAre you listeningIn the lanesDrivers bristlingA depressing sightIt’s crappy tonightSulking in a Christmas traffic jam Gone away is all hope nowHere to stay is…
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‘Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house, Not a calorie was burning, no-one would espouse, Any kind of activity, except watching telly,…
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As I write this, some potatoes are roasting in my oven. They are basking contently in olive oil, garlic and rosemary. I’m quietly confident they…
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It’s Christmas Eve once more and so once again the folly of my annual advent calendar of movies that are a bit Christmas(ish) must draw…
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I don’t know if 1990’s Home Alone is a good film or not. I honestly can’t be objective about it at all. I’m not sure…
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2008’s Step Brothers is very much the kind of movie you might expect a late 2000’s movie starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly to…
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2006’s Starter For Ten is a relatively undemanding coming-of-age comedy that is as quintessentially British as they come. It’s not massively original and a little…
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2021’s The Tomorrow War was denied a cinematic release due to the Covid 19 pandemic, which is a shame because it really is the kind…
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2007’s Alvin and the Chipmunks has, to date, spawned three sequels (the first of which was ingeniously entitled The Squeakquel). I haven’t seen any of…
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1997’s Boogie Nights is something of a genre-defying tour-de-force. Certainly it defied any expectations I had prior to watching it, and, for a movie that…
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I was a little bit too old for the Harry Potter novels when they first came out, but I’m always one to jump on a…
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1995’s Strange Days seems like it should have been a success. Directed by Kathryn Bigalow, co-written by James Cameron and starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett…
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Despite claiming to not be a fan of the genre, it has become apparent that rom-coms have featured multiple times in my annual Christmas countdowns…
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Michael Bay’s 2001 movie about the bombing of Pearl Harbor is exactly the kind of movie we’ve come to expect from Michael Bay. Spectacular special…
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There were 12 years between the release of the second and third instalments of the Bridget Jones franchise but the extended break appears to have…
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I used to have a house mate, back in the late nineties, who described Oliver Stone’s Platoon as his favourite movie. Given that we agreed…
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End of Days is a perplexingly bad movie that fails to work on almost every level. Even as a mindless action vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger…
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1995’s Toy Story was a game-changing movie in many respects. The first feature length computer-animated movie, the first feature length release from Pixar, and of…
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Postman Pat was a childhood favourite of mine, so it was with some trepidation that I sat down to watch his 2014 cinematic debut. Obviously…
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2011’s adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo initially seemed to me to be a pointless endeavour. There was already a pretty good 2009…
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Kingsman: The Secret Service is not a movie that is meant to be take too seriously, and is at least partially intended to be a…
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2010’s Little Fockers is the third and (to date) final installment in the Meet the Parents series. Like many such movie franchises, Meet the Parents…
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As December rolls around again, thus begins my annual homage to movies, which are not exactly Christmas movies, but which nonetheless have some Christmas(ish) elements.…
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We didn’t really do anything for Halloween this year. That’s mainly because we don’t really do anything for Halloween any year. In my head, it’s…
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I suspect Mini Proclaims is addicted to Rice Crispies. As well as occasionally putting them in my shoes, or decorating the carpet with them, she…
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As I write this, Little Proclaims is in the process of ‘being put to bed’ by Mrs Proclaims. My eldest daughter was never a great…
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It is not Halloween as I write this, but I expect this will be published on Halloween. Ideally Halloween 2023. As I write this, I…
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The above picture has nothing to do with this post. Other than the fact that I used the word ‘renaissance’ in the title and the…
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Yesterday was the coronation of King Charles III. Which you probably already know. It was kind of a big deal. Such a big deal that…
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Recently I purchased a new pair of shoes. This is not, in itself, an inherently unusual thing for me to do. I probably do it…
