Category: review
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Last week I wrote about 1992’s Under Siege, a film in which Steven Seagal solved the problem of being a mediocre (at best) actor…
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1992’s Under Siege is that rarest of things, a good Steven Seagal movie. It’s oft described as being ‘Die Hard on a boat’ and that’s…
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No-one could accuse the 1984 comedy horror movie Gremlins of taking itself too seriously. But as tongue-in-cheek as the original Gremlins is, the 1990 sequel…
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It’s a valid criticism of modern cinema that much of the current output comes in the form of sequels (and indeed prequels), or remakes/reboots of…
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1994’s Speed is often referred to as Die Hard on a Bus. Which is a little unfair. While many action flicks owe much to…
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After spending most of December writing reviews of Christmas(ish) films, I’ve decided that I should make the reviewing of movies a more regular feature on…
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Well here we are again. The end of another year. A time, if ever there was one, for reflection. Which is something I like to…
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It’s Christmas Eve, which is the day before Christmas Day and therefore the day on which one should open the final door of a standard…
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As we open door 23 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) films it’s definitely time to get in the party mood and what…
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Door 22 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) Films and we’re almost at the end. By which I mean the end of the…
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Door 21 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) Films and conspiracy theories abound as Will Smith unexpectedly finds himself to be an Enemy…
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We’re finally into the twenties of December and Christmas is starting to feel very imminent indeed. Today is the last day I’ll do any work…
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It’s day 19 of the James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) Films. Days 17 and 18 featured Eyes Wide Shut and Prometheus and both…
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It’s the 18th December! Only a week to go until the big day! It’s also time for door 18 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar…
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Day 17 of the month that is commonly known as December and we’re onto the 17th movie in The James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish)…
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Door 16 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) films brings us a movie that is, in many ways, a certified comedy classic. It’s…
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It’s time for door 15 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) FIlms and what better place to start the weekend than In Bruges?…
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By the time 2002’s Die Another Day hit our screens, signalling the decline of a certain British spy with the initials JB (or at least…
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Welcome back to The James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) films. Today we must tread with caution as creeping out from behind door 13 are…
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12 days into December and as luck would have it, we happen upon door 12 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) Films.…
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It’s day 11 of the James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) films and it’s time to be done, once and for all, with Shane Black.…
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Day 10 of the James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) films brings us The Ice Harvest. Starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton and Connie Nielsen,…
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Here we are at door 9 of the James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) films, and it’s about time Bruce Willis popped up. Yes it’s…
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Hello and welcome to day 8 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar Of Christmas(ish) films. And door 8 invites us to cast our memories…
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Behind door 7 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films we find the neo-noir crime masterpiece that is LA Confidential. Released in…
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The other day I was strolling past a nice(ish) hotel and I saw Father Christmas. He seemed to be promoting some kind of Christmas event…
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It’s day 5 of December, so it’s no coincidence that we’re opening door 5 of The James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) films. And…
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So far, the Christmas(ish) movies featured have been very much of the action genre. They’ve also been largely attributable to writer/director Shane Black. He’ll be…
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Another day, another Christmas(ish) film. But just what is behind door number 3? Goodness me, it’s Lethal Weapon. Which is, surprisingly enough, another Shane Black…
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It’s time for Door 2 of ‘The James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films’. Today we find Iron Man 3. Which, like yesterday’s Kiss Kiss…
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It’s the first day of December and coincidentally it’s also the first day of ‘The James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films’ And what do…
James Proclaims! 