Category: review
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And so to the seventh letter of the alphabet. Which was ‘G’ the last time I checked. And it’s probably safe to assume it still…
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And so on to day 6 of this alphabetised meander through the musical memories of my youth. And what the ‘F’ have we got today?…
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And so, on the fifth day of ‘James’ Shamelessly Nostalgic A-Z Of Albums That He Liked To Listen To When He Was Young’ we arrive…
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As is the case most years, today is my birthday. But there’s no time to implore you to wish me Happy Birthday in the comments…
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Day 3 of the A-Z challenge and who would have imagined we’d be dealing the letter ‘C’? So we’d better head off to 1996 and…
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Day 2 of the A-Z Blogging Challenge and thus today’s album of the nineties must begin with the letter ‘B’ And I may have taken…
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And so here we are in April, which means I can stop writing about the terrifying worldwide pandemic and start writing about some albums I…
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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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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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We’re up to door 14 The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films and it’s as if time is literally flying by as…
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It’s Friday the 13th. Which is considered unlucky by some. And possibly it is for the entire population of the UK who might well be…
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It’s December 12th and, if my understanding of current events is in any way accurate, then I believe there is a general election happening in…
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11 days into The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films and we arrive at 2002’s About a Boy. Which is about a…
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Door 10 of The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films brings us 2002’s The Rules of Attraction. Which is not the helpful guide…
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As it is very much the 9th Day of December, it seems only right that we open door number 9 of The Third Annual James…
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Door 8 of The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films brings us 2005’s Just Friends. Notionally a ‘rom-com’ it probably is a little…
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As we move further into December, so too continues The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films. Today we are on door number…
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It’s December 6th and therefore no coincidence that it’s time to open door number 6 of The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish)…
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I vaguely remember 2012. It wasn’t the best year ever if I recall. I enjoyed the London Olympics. One of my cousins got married, which…
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Door four of The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films is looking a little grimy. Indeed, when we open it, we are…
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Door 3 of The Third Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films and what do we find. Why it’s 2015’s Tangerine. A movie shot entirely on…
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Well it seems like only yesterday that we were enjoying the beginning of the final month of 2019, yet here we are already on December…
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