richard hector-jones

richard hector-jones Pro

There is no such thing as low art.

Favorite films

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Death Game
  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

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  • Assault

    ★★★½

  • Mission: Impossible III

    ★★★½

  • Shivers

    ★★★★★

  • Mission: Impossible II

    ★★★½

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  • Assault

    Assault

    ★★★½

    70s British cinema can be spectacularly ugly at times. Drab fashion, dull colours to an overwrought soundtrack depicting sex crimes in grim woodland. Not sure I buy it as an English giallo but there’s enough drab sleaze going on to entertain those who like that dreary 70s English aesthetic. Suzy Kendall plays a teacher so there’s that. And some unneeded but quite fun pylon drones too.

  • Mission: Impossible III

    Mission: Impossible III

    ★★★½

    Mixed bag here. On the bright side the MI universe is really starting to take shape. On the less bright side JJ Abrams hasn’t mastered the fact that he’s making a film for cinema screens and not TV screens. Screenplay’s a bit messy too but it’s solid. Having said all that the Chesapeake Bay Bridge scene is a doozy and really sets a template for big scenes in the later films.

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  • Supervixens

    Supervixens

    ★★★★½

    There’s a streak of meanness in the violence but other than that it’s another splendid entry in to Meyer’s world. I love the fact that all the women have Super in their name. A lot of fun and the Severin blu ray looks amazing.

  • Vixen!

    Vixen!

    ★★★★★

    There’s a moment - between all the sex and all the shouting - where Vixen smokes a cigarette in a way that Divine recreates to a T in Female Trouble. It’s magnificent and made me believe in an interventionist God.