Simon Jones

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Favorite films

  • The Philadelphia Story
  • Blade Runner
  • The Third Man
  • Some Like It Hot

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  • The Night Comes Too Soon

    ★★½

  • sex, lies, and videotape

    ★★½

  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • The Curse of the Cat People

    ★½

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  • The Night Comes Too Soon

    The Night Comes Too Soon

    ★★½

    A newly married young couple find that the only house within their means is a derelict mansion which comes with several ghosts. However this isn’t an early iteration of BBC sitcom “Ghosts” but a rather cliched and cheap postwar “quota quickie” though it does at least end with a slight twist. The main mystery is what the hall is called- the film is also known as The Ghost of Rashmon Hall, but the book that reveals the story refers to it as Rammelsham Hall and the local yokels say something else.

  • sex, lies, and videotape

    sex, lies, and videotape

    ★★½

    Found this quite boring when it first came out and after 35 years I can’t really see any reason to change my view. All four leads put in good performances but it’s so slow and, curiously given the theme, unemotional. I did learn that Americans think Graham is an odd name, so it wasn’t all a waste of time.

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  • Top Hat

    Top Hat

    ★★★★★

    If you haven’t got a stupid grin on your face at the end of a Fred & Ginger film, are you actually human?

  • Cross-Roads

    Cross-Roads

    ★★★½

    Believed to be one of Christopher Lee’s first films, a low budget but effective ghost story which shows that future Saruman/Dracula was destined to be a star. A totally forgotten short film that can be found for free on the BFI player

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