Zola is now available to rent on all video platforms. By Palmer Rubin In October of 2015, A’Ziah King, AKA “Zola,” began what would become the most infamous Twitter thread of all time. It featured […]
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.
Black Widow (2021) – Review
Black Widow is currently streaming on Disney Plus (for an extra $30 fee) and in theaters now. By Palmer Rubin Ah, the Marvel behemoth. Once upon a time, Marvel was a company shedding properties left […]
No Sudden Move (2021) – Review
No Sudden Move is currently streaming on HBO Max. By Palmer Rubin Steven Soderbergh moves to the beat of his own drum, anything and everything else be damned. This has worked about as often as it’s […]
Army of the Dead (2021) – Review
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 […]
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 […]
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