James Hamilton
@jameshamiltonwriter.com
Wordclown. Head Writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld (Netflix) and Dogs In Space (Netflix).
Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc series Murder for Dummies (watch free - murderfordummies.com).
Londoner lurking in LA. jameshamiltonwriter.com
Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc series Murder for Dummies (watch free - murderfordummies.com).
Londoner lurking in LA. jameshamiltonwriter.com
Very pleased to announce that Murder for Dummies has made it into its SEVENTH film festival - and it’s a big one!
If you live near Buffalo, New York - go support us at the Buffalo International Film Festival this October! Full festival passes are available now!
If you live near Buffalo, New York - go support us at the Buffalo International Film Festival this October! Full festival passes are available now!
August 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Very pleased to announce that Murder for Dummies has made it into its SEVENTH film festival - and it’s a big one!
If you live near Buffalo, New York - go support us at the Buffalo International Film Festival this October! Full festival passes are available now!
If you live near Buffalo, New York - go support us at the Buffalo International Film Festival this October! Full festival passes are available now!
Yesterday I went to the hospital to visit a friend of mine, and found this on the hospital gift shop’s clearance sale shelf.
Who the flying fuck is buying this for someone when they’re *in hospital*
Who the flying fuck is buying this for someone when they’re *in hospital*
August 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Yesterday I went to the hospital to visit a friend of mine, and found this on the hospital gift shop’s clearance sale shelf.
Who the flying fuck is buying this for someone when they’re *in hospital*
Who the flying fuck is buying this for someone when they’re *in hospital*
Also, everyone who watched has commented on the show has been extremely complimentary, meaning either they all loved it or are very good at lying!
Here’s some proof:
Here’s some proof:
August 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Also, everyone who watched has commented on the show has been extremely complimentary, meaning either they all loved it or are very good at lying!
Here’s some proof:
Here’s some proof:
If you wish there were more original comedies, you want an antidote to AI slop, you like supporting indie creators but don’t have any spare cash…
…or if you want to pretend you’re in a world where bad people face consequences for their actions…
This is the show for youuuu!
…or if you want to pretend you’re in a world where bad people face consequences for their actions…
This is the show for youuuu!
August 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you wish there were more original comedies, you want an antidote to AI slop, you like supporting indie creators but don’t have any spare cash…
…or if you want to pretend you’re in a world where bad people face consequences for their actions…
This is the show for youuuu!
…or if you want to pretend you’re in a world where bad people face consequences for their actions…
This is the show for youuuu!
I hate that I’m stooping this low, but there have been SO MANY ARTICLES about the series continuity of Donkey Kong Bananza and EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN’T MATTER!!!! the game does actually provide an answer: original Donkey Kong is dead and you, his descendant, can collect his fossilised remains.
July 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I hate that I’m stooping this low, but there have been SO MANY ARTICLES about the series continuity of Donkey Kong Bananza and EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN’T MATTER!!!! the game does actually provide an answer: original Donkey Kong is dead and you, his descendant, can collect his fossilised remains.
I may have put a problematic amount of hours into Balatro, but at least…
*trails off in shame*
*trails off in shame*
July 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I may have put a problematic amount of hours into Balatro, but at least…
*trails off in shame*
*trails off in shame*
*Dennis Reynolds voice* I’M A FIVE STAR MAN
July 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
*Dennis Reynolds voice* I’M A FIVE STAR MAN
THANK YOU, TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION, YOU ARE THE BEST ASSOCIATION
July 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THANK YOU, TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION, YOU ARE THE BEST ASSOCIATION
There are mayoral and local council elections happening across the UK right now, and reading this in the coverage makes me feel proud of my country
May 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
There are mayoral and local council elections happening across the UK right now, and reading this in the coverage makes me feel proud of my country
Saw this freaking great bridge on my first visit to San Francisco today
April 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Saw this freaking great bridge on my first visit to San Francisco today
Thrilled to announce our SIXTH film festival for Murder for Dummies! We are screening at Hollyshorts Comedy Film Festival in Los Angeles on May 3rd!
Get your tickets here to see it on the big screen with a SLEW of comedy horror shorts:
hollyshortscomedy2025.eventive.org/schedule/67f...
Get your tickets here to see it on the big screen with a SLEW of comedy horror shorts:
hollyshortscomedy2025.eventive.org/schedule/67f...
April 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thrilled to announce our SIXTH film festival for Murder for Dummies! We are screening at Hollyshorts Comedy Film Festival in Los Angeles on May 3rd!
Get your tickets here to see it on the big screen with a SLEW of comedy horror shorts:
hollyshortscomedy2025.eventive.org/schedule/67f...
Get your tickets here to see it on the big screen with a SLEW of comedy horror shorts:
hollyshortscomedy2025.eventive.org/schedule/67f...
Me and the cat in the apartment window across from my office
April 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Me and the cat in the apartment window across from my office
Coloured vinyls! Stickers! Art! A banging soundtrack! I am so happy I bought this!
If you haven’t watched Jentry on Netflix yet, get on with it! The writing is almost as good as the soundtrack!
If you haven’t watched Jentry on Netflix yet, get on with it! The writing is almost as good as the soundtrack!
April 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Coloured vinyls! Stickers! Art! A banging soundtrack! I am so happy I bought this!
If you haven’t watched Jentry on Netflix yet, get on with it! The writing is almost as good as the soundtrack!
If you haven’t watched Jentry on Netflix yet, get on with it! The writing is almost as good as the soundtrack!
A sneak preview of the first EPISODE COMMENTARY we’re releasing for Murder for Dummies in a few weeks!
Here’s how our murder victim ended up hiring a live-in butcher…
Here’s how our murder victim ended up hiring a live-in butcher…
April 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A sneak preview of the first EPISODE COMMENTARY we’re releasing for Murder for Dummies in a few weeks!
Here’s how our murder victim ended up hiring a live-in butcher…
Here’s how our murder victim ended up hiring a live-in butcher…
“Watch Murder for Dummies on YouTube”
April 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“Watch Murder for Dummies on YouTube”
Delighted to have got my Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld soundtrack vinyl from Mondo! So shiny!
April 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Delighted to have got my Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld soundtrack vinyl from Mondo! So shiny!
I ran my first proper 5k this morning and afterwards my Apple Watch said “You’re off to a great start!”, absolutely fuck off Steve Jobs
March 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I ran my first proper 5k this morning and afterwards my Apple Watch said “You’re off to a great start!”, absolutely fuck off Steve Jobs
I struggle to think of any justification for quote-tweeting a post about my show saying "I don't want to watch this" unless you're a total dickhead, but perhaps that's a failure of imagination on my part.
March 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I struggle to think of any justification for quote-tweeting a post about my show saying "I don't want to watch this" unless you're a total dickhead, but perhaps that's a failure of imagination on my part.
A lot of 2X, a lot of face cards, a lot of retriggering, plus picking up extra cards to increase the multi
February 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A lot of 2X, a lot of face cards, a lot of retriggering, plus picking up extra cards to increase the multi
I don’t even know what these Balatro numbers mean any more but this is the highest score and furthest round I have ever reached, god this game is addictive
February 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I don’t even know what these Balatro numbers mean any more but this is the highest score and furthest round I have ever reached, god this game is addictive
Two of the creators and stars of Operation Mincemeat - the Olivier-winning musical currently SMASHING IT on Broadway, after storming the West End - came to the London premiere of Murder for Dummies, and had these lovely things to stay!
Watch the show today! murderfordummies.com
Watch the show today! murderfordummies.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Two of the creators and stars of Operation Mincemeat - the Olivier-winning musical currently SMASHING IT on Broadway, after storming the West End - came to the London premiere of Murder for Dummies, and had these lovely things to stay!
Watch the show today! murderfordummies.com
Watch the show today! murderfordummies.com
Delighted and touched that even in the last month, without any major promo, new people are finding and discovering Murder for Dummies on YouTube every day - and leaving lovely comments too!
If you want to check out a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, I got u: youtube.com/casualviolence
If you want to check out a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, I got u: youtube.com/casualviolence
February 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Delighted and touched that even in the last month, without any major promo, new people are finding and discovering Murder for Dummies on YouTube every day - and leaving lovely comments too!
If you want to check out a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, I got u: youtube.com/casualviolence
If you want to check out a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, I got u: youtube.com/casualviolence
I think this counts as completing Balatro?
February 19, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I think this counts as completing Balatro?
Today I am going to see Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar at the Egyptian followed by a Q&A, because I think probably the worst thing that has happened in the last five years anywhere in the world is that not enough people saw this movie
January 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Today I am going to see Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar at the Egyptian followed by a Q&A, because I think probably the worst thing that has happened in the last five years anywhere in the world is that not enough people saw this movie
In the Stonecutters episode, after Lisa warns Homer to beware the Ides of March (and he refuses), Homer gets tired of being the Chosen One, then comes into school to tell Lisa she was right about his happiness fading… IN MARCH.
(I wish the calendar said Smarch, but you can’t have everything)
(I wish the calendar said Smarch, but you can’t have everything)
January 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
In the Stonecutters episode, after Lisa warns Homer to beware the Ides of March (and he refuses), Homer gets tired of being the Chosen One, then comes into school to tell Lisa she was right about his happiness fading… IN MARCH.
(I wish the calendar said Smarch, but you can’t have everything)
(I wish the calendar said Smarch, but you can’t have everything)