Richard Purdom
@richardjpurdom.bsky.social
Film nerd, gamer, #SAFC fan, reader, TV watcher… general media consumer
I have made Elis James (and producer Dave) and Mark Kermode laugh. What more could anyone want from life.
I have made Elis James (and producer Dave) and Mark Kermode laugh. What more could anyone want from life.
The Royal Hotel (2023)
The Royal Hotel just sort of meanders around, seemingly unsure of quite what it is or where it wants to go.
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The Royal Hotel just sort of meanders around, seemingly unsure of quite what it is or where it wants to go.
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A ★★½ review of The Royal Hotel (2023)
There are some really great performances in here. Especially Julia Garner and Hugo Weaving. And a couple of scenes that manage to build tension well. But outside of that “The Royal Hotel” just sort o...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Royal Hotel (2023)
The Royal Hotel just sort of meanders around, seemingly unsure of quite what it is or where it wants to go.
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The Royal Hotel just sort of meanders around, seemingly unsure of quite what it is or where it wants to go.
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The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
Keep your Niagra Falls, keep your Hadrian’s Wall, keep the lot. Keep Alton Towers. That’s what it’s all about. That’s beautiful
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Keep your Niagra Falls, keep your Hadrian’s Wall, keep the lot. Keep Alton Towers. That’s what it’s all about. That’s beautiful
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A ★★★★½ review of The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
“Keep your Niagra Falls, keep your Hadrian’s Wall, keep the lot. Keep Alton Towers. That’s what it’s all about. That’s beautiful” And it is. Really beautiful. The performances, the location, the musi...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
Keep your Niagra Falls, keep your Hadrian’s Wall, keep the lot. Keep Alton Towers. That’s what it’s all about. That’s beautiful
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Keep your Niagra Falls, keep your Hadrian’s Wall, keep the lot. Keep Alton Towers. That’s what it’s all about. That’s beautiful
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It’s a fantasy, yes, but it’s a Richard Curtis film. They’re all fantasies.
And I will likely watch it every year until… what? Death? Maybe? Actually?
The score, as usual for a Curtis film is on point!
And I will likely watch it every year until… what? Death? Maybe? Actually?
The score, as usual for a Curtis film is on point!
December 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It’s a fantasy, yes, but it’s a Richard Curtis film. They’re all fantasies.
And I will likely watch it every year until… what? Death? Maybe? Actually?
The score, as usual for a Curtis film is on point!
And I will likely watch it every year until… what? Death? Maybe? Actually?
The score, as usual for a Curtis film is on point!
Love Actually (2003)
I think I’m just a sucker for Richard Curtis.
It’s flawed, of course it is. I see the flaws, I understand them, but I couldn’t give a shit about any of them.
For all its flaws this is a lovely, well intentioned, funny, sweet Christmas Rom-Com.
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I think I’m just a sucker for Richard Curtis.
It’s flawed, of course it is. I see the flaws, I understand them, but I couldn’t give a shit about any of them.
For all its flaws this is a lovely, well intentioned, funny, sweet Christmas Rom-Com.
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A ★★★★½ review of Love Actually (2003)
I think I’m just a sucker for Richard Curtis. It’s flawed, of course it is. I see the flaws, I understand them, but I couldn’t give a shit about any of them. For all its flaws this is a lovely, well...
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December 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Love Actually (2003)
I think I’m just a sucker for Richard Curtis.
It’s flawed, of course it is. I see the flaws, I understand them, but I couldn’t give a shit about any of them.
For all its flaws this is a lovely, well intentioned, funny, sweet Christmas Rom-Com.
boxd.it/c2slaL
I think I’m just a sucker for Richard Curtis.
It’s flawed, of course it is. I see the flaws, I understand them, but I couldn’t give a shit about any of them.
For all its flaws this is a lovely, well intentioned, funny, sweet Christmas Rom-Com.
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A ★★★★★ review of Die Hard (1988)
A perfect action film which can be enjoyed at any time of the year 😉
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December 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Jay Kelly (2025)
A film overflowing with sadness and loneliness. The life lived, the life missed, and the life perceived from the outside.
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A film overflowing with sadness and loneliness. The life lived, the life missed, and the life perceived from the outside.
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A ★★★★½ review of Jay Kelly (2025)
Every 2… 3 years it seems that Adam Sandler has to do a film which reminds us the he can act. “Jay Kelly” is that film for 2025. Sandler is just brilliant. To the point where I am forgetting that I...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Jay Kelly (2025)
A film overflowing with sadness and loneliness. The life lived, the life missed, and the life perceived from the outside.
Full thoughts - boxd.it/c0SiSz
A film overflowing with sadness and loneliness. The life lived, the life missed, and the life perceived from the outside.
Full thoughts - boxd.it/c0SiSz
And for a world famous Hollywood actor that’s about as big a compliment as I can pay.
Clooney is brilliant as well, and he also had this “forgetting I’m watching him” about him here, but Sandler is stealing the show.
Clooney is brilliant as well, and he also had this “forgetting I’m watching him” about him here, but Sandler is stealing the show.
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And for a world famous Hollywood actor that’s about as big a compliment as I can pay.
Clooney is brilliant as well, and he also had this “forgetting I’m watching him” about him here, but Sandler is stealing the show.
Clooney is brilliant as well, and he also had this “forgetting I’m watching him” about him here, but Sandler is stealing the show.
“For many people life is like a hen house ladder… short and shit”
Brilliant line from a brilliant movie
Brilliant line from a brilliant movie
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“For many people life is like a hen house ladder… short and shit”
Brilliant line from a brilliant movie
Brilliant line from a brilliant movie
The Holdovers (2024)
Really lovely film. The entire cast or superb, but Da’Vine Randolph absolutely steals the show with a performance full of humour and pathos.
Definitely one that I will return to in Christmases yet to come.
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Really lovely film. The entire cast or superb, but Da’Vine Randolph absolutely steals the show with a performance full of humour and pathos.
Definitely one that I will return to in Christmases yet to come.
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A ★★★★½ review of The Holdovers (2023)
Really lovely film. The entire cast or superb, but Da’Vine Randolph absolutely steals the show with a performance full of humour and pathos. The relationship between pupil and teacher held together i...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Holdovers (2024)
Really lovely film. The entire cast or superb, but Da’Vine Randolph absolutely steals the show with a performance full of humour and pathos.
Definitely one that I will return to in Christmases yet to come.
boxd.it/c0eJuz
Really lovely film. The entire cast or superb, but Da’Vine Randolph absolutely steals the show with a performance full of humour and pathos.
Definitely one that I will return to in Christmases yet to come.
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Eternity (2025)
I really liked this. An interesting premise, a strong cast, and some really sweet moments.
Would make a good companion piece for “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” from earlier this year which I really liked
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I really liked this. An interesting premise, a strong cast, and some really sweet moments.
Would make a good companion piece for “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” from earlier this year which I really liked
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A ★★★★ review of Eternity (2025)
I really liked this. An interesting premise, a strong cast, and some really sweet moments. Would make a good companion piece for “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” from earlier this year which I really l...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Eternity (2025)
I really liked this. An interesting premise, a strong cast, and some really sweet moments.
Would make a good companion piece for “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” from earlier this year which I really liked
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I really liked this. An interesting premise, a strong cast, and some really sweet moments.
Would make a good companion piece for “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” from earlier this year which I really liked
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Oh. What. Fun. (2025)
It’s fine. It passed the time. It didn’t annoy me particularly.
It won’t be on my annual roster of Christmas movies, but maybe in a few years I’ll watch it again.
It’s fine.
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It’s fine. It passed the time. It didn’t annoy me particularly.
It won’t be on my annual roster of Christmas movies, but maybe in a few years I’ll watch it again.
It’s fine.
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A ★★★ review of Oh. What. Fun. (2025)
It’s fine. It passed the time. It didn’t annoy me particularly. It won’t be on my annual roster of Christmas movies, but maybe in a few years I’ll watch it again. It’s fine.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Oh. What. Fun. (2025)
It’s fine. It passed the time. It didn’t annoy me particularly.
It won’t be on my annual roster of Christmas movies, but maybe in a few years I’ll watch it again.
It’s fine.
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It’s fine. It passed the time. It didn’t annoy me particularly.
It won’t be on my annual roster of Christmas movies, but maybe in a few years I’ll watch it again.
It’s fine.
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Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
Some great songs and performances (especially the particularly deranged turn from Paul Kaye, and a story is at times funny, and times genuinely poignant, and which delivers genuine stakes.
There’s no such thing as a Hollywood ending.
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Some great songs and performances (especially the particularly deranged turn from Paul Kaye, and a story is at times funny, and times genuinely poignant, and which delivers genuine stakes.
There’s no such thing as a Hollywood ending.
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A ★★★★ review of Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
Some great songs and performances (especially the particularly deranged turn from Paul Kaye, and a story is at times funny, and times genuinely poignant, and which delivers genuine stakes. There’s no...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
Some great songs and performances (especially the particularly deranged turn from Paul Kaye, and a story is at times funny, and times genuinely poignant, and which delivers genuine stakes.
There’s no such thing as a Hollywood ending.
boxd.it/bXWrd7
Some great songs and performances (especially the particularly deranged turn from Paul Kaye, and a story is at times funny, and times genuinely poignant, and which delivers genuine stakes.
There’s no such thing as a Hollywood ending.
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That Christmas (2024)
Maybe I’m just a Richard Curtis fanboy, but I really liked this.
Nicely animated, incredibly sweet, and a whole bunch a heart warming festive feeling.
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Maybe I’m just a Richard Curtis fanboy, but I really liked this.
Nicely animated, incredibly sweet, and a whole bunch a heart warming festive feeling.
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A ★★★★ review of That Christmas (2024)
Just a really nice entry to the annual Christmas roster.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
That Christmas (2024)
Maybe I’m just a Richard Curtis fanboy, but I really liked this.
Nicely animated, incredibly sweet, and a whole bunch a heart warming festive feeling.
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Maybe I’m just a Richard Curtis fanboy, but I really liked this.
Nicely animated, incredibly sweet, and a whole bunch a heart warming festive feeling.
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Love Hard (2021)
An above average Christmas rom-com, Elevated by really charming lead performances and some memorable set pieces
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An above average Christmas rom-com, Elevated by really charming lead performances and some memorable set pieces
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A ★★★★ review of Love Hard (2021)
An above average Christmas rom-com, Elevated by really charming lead performances and some memorable set pieces
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December 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Love Hard (2021)
An above average Christmas rom-com, Elevated by really charming lead performances and some memorable set pieces
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An above average Christmas rom-com, Elevated by really charming lead performances and some memorable set pieces
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
If you, as I did, felt that Glass Onion was a tonal change from Knives Out, strap in for this one.
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If you, as I did, felt that Glass Onion was a tonal change from Knives Out, strap in for this one.
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A ★★★★ review of Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
(It should be noted at the start that my experience of the film was impacted by a group of women sat behind me who would not shut the fuck up until over an hour in when I got so angry I walked over an...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
If you, as I did, felt that Glass Onion was a tonal change from Knives Out, strap in for this one.
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If you, as I did, felt that Glass Onion was a tonal change from Knives Out, strap in for this one.
Full thoughts - boxd.it/bVUtxB
Jingle Jangle Heist (2025)
I think there’s an argument to be made that this isn’t a Christmas film, but it’s fine. I’ve seen a lot better, but I’ve seen a lot worse.
Olivia Holt and Connor Swindell are likeable leads and with a film like this that’s half the battle.
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I think there’s an argument to be made that this isn’t a Christmas film, but it’s fine. I’ve seen a lot better, but I’ve seen a lot worse.
Olivia Holt and Connor Swindell are likeable leads and with a film like this that’s half the battle.
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A ★★½ review of Jingle Bell Heist (2025)
I think there’s an argument to be made that this isn’t a Christmas film, but it’s fine. I’ve seen a lot better, but I’ve seen a lot worse. Olivia Holt and Connor Swindell are likeable leads and with ...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Jingle Jangle Heist (2025)
I think there’s an argument to be made that this isn’t a Christmas film, but it’s fine. I’ve seen a lot better, but I’ve seen a lot worse.
Olivia Holt and Connor Swindell are likeable leads and with a film like this that’s half the battle.
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I think there’s an argument to be made that this isn’t a Christmas film, but it’s fine. I’ve seen a lot better, but I’ve seen a lot worse.
Olivia Holt and Connor Swindell are likeable leads and with a film like this that’s half the battle.
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