René Jiménez

René Jiménez

Overweight nerd who fares from the desert. Loves swords and coffee.

Favorite films

  • Gosford Park
  • Angel Heart
  • Krull
  • Reign of Fire

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  • Presence

    ★★★

  • Out of the Furnace

    ★★★★

  • The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

    ★★★½

  • Decoder

    ★★★½

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  • The Shadow

    The Shadow

    ★★

    Wow. Serves as a good reminder of how far these kind of movies have come, and how dumb and shallow we as an audience were perceived by studios and / or screenplay writers. A lot of people misunderstood what their task was and actually tried to revive not the look but the *feel* of 1930s cartoons people in the late 60s were so nostalgic for (think those Max Fleischer Superman short animations) instead of making an homage or trying to…

  • The Listeners

    The Listeners

    ★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★

    Eggers certainly knows his Jung very well, and one could also say that he knows a thing or two about making movies. It's been a while since a vampire looked this imponent.

  • Immaculate

    Immaculate

    ★★★

    I'm not the right type of person to write something clever about body autonomy and all the issues on objectifying women, nuns in this particular case so I will exercise restraint. While a solid horror movie, Immaculate takes a while to lift off; once it does it flies very smooth... and then it tries to make a sudden turn, almost belly flops and has a crash landing maneuver that leaves us bloody and maimed, but alive. Sydney Sweeney plays a…