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My knowledge of Foghorn Leghorn is somewhat limited. While I’m aware that he’s a cartoon character with a distinct southern American accent, my main references derive from my father’s finely sharpened impressions, usually a mix of ‘I say I say boy’ and ‘Put a bit of pepper on it, son’. But the accent took on a persona of its own when Daniel Craig shed the suit of Bond in favour of the charismatic Benoit Blanc. It was accent that waxed lyrical about the mysteries of donut holes and their inception-like complexities.

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The main festive period might be over, but at least we can look forward to some potential snowy weather, what with our old friend global warming shaking things up and probably making the chances of some decent snow more likely.

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Christmas is a rollin’ round. It’ll be here in less than a week now. And just as we enjoy our annual visit from Chris Cringle, so too do we enjoy our annual movie debate. Is Die Hard a Christmas film?

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I’ve been out of the poké fandom for a while. There was a time when my nerdy self could name every pokémon from every generation, but there were only four generations then. And now there’s nine. I’ve placed Legends Arceus and enjoyed it, but I hadn’t played any game since gen 5 before then. To echo the sentiments of Grandpa Simpson, I used to be with it, but then they changed what with it was.

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You could argue that all of The Snowman is minimalist, since it contains no spoken dialogue, and narrative is cultivated solely through imagery and music. And what music it is.

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