Army of the Dead is currently streaming on Netflix. By Palmer Rubin Army of the Dead is almost 2021’s most profound film, and I wish it leaned further into those instincts. Of course, the amount it […]
Author: Palmer Rubin
Palmer Rubin is currently 25 years old. They make films and they write about them, and they continue to see as much as they can with what time they have left.
Breaking Down Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Zack Snyder’s Justice League is now available to stream on HBO Max. *Spoilers for Zack Snyder’s Justice League follow just because it’s impossible to talk about this without spoiling it.* By Palmer Rubin Snyder cut good. I […]
Nomadland (2020) – Review
Nomadland is now streaming on Hulu. Fern travels through an America that has been dead a long time, even if it’s taking its populace longer and longer to realize it. She drifts through the decimated remains […]
Music (2021) – Review
Music is currently available to rent on all video on demand platforms, but don’t waste your time. Content warning: discussion of child abuse, sexual assault, ableism. This is not attended for shock value, but given […]
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) – Review
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is now streaming on Amazon Prime. By Palmer Rubin Comedy sequels are usually not very good, especially when they arrive at least a decade after the original. Dumb and Dumber To, Little […]
David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020) – Review
David Byrne’s American Utopia is currently streaming on HBO Max. By Palmer Rubin One of my all-time favorite cinematic moments is the very beginning of 1984’s Stop Making Sense, the film that put Jonathan Demme […]
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) – Review
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is currently streaming on Netflix. By Palmer Rubin No filmmaker has his head farther up his own ass than Aaron Sorkin, and sometimes that works in his favor. Sometimes […]
Bad Hair (2020) – Review
Bad Hair hits Hulu on October 23. By Palmer Rubin What’s really going to work against Bad Hair, not in terms of its quality but in terms of its critical reception, is that it’s going […]
A Call to Spy – Review
A Call to Spy comes to theaters and digital platforms on October 2. By Palmer Rubin I’m sort of the worst person to watch historical dramas of this kind unless they really knock it out […]
Enola Holmes (2020) – Review
Enola Holmes is now streaming on Netflix. By Palmer Rubin That the story of Sherlock Holmes’ younger and estranged teenage sister works as effectively as it does is nothing short of miraculous. The premise alone […]
