Benjamin Rubenstein

Benjamin Rubenstein

I write books, though I enjoy watching movies more than I like reading. Shh.

Favorite films

  • Dumb and Dumber
  • The Departed
  • Rocky
  • Die Hard

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  • Kiss the Ground

    ★★★

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    ★★★½

  • The Amazing Spider-Man

    ★★★★

  • The Perfect Find

    ★★½

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  • Kiss the Ground

    Kiss the Ground

    ★★★

    This is intriguing and slick, though I suspect its tenants are a mix of truth and optimistic science fiction. This shows you some ways to slow the planet's heating but doesn't show interest in answering questions like, "How can you feed 8 billion people with regenerative farming?"

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    ★★★½

    The storylines that were recycled from the original drag this down, but it has a climax far more potent than you find in most superhero movies. That ending bolsters this and leaves me dumbfounded as to why there was never a third installment. Stone and Garfield are superb, which leads me to a second dumbound...why doesn't he act in more movies?

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  • Hannah Gadsby: Nanette

    Hannah Gadsby: Nanette

    ½

    Nope. I'm 15 minutes in and I'm quitting.

  • Fat Fiction

    Fat Fiction

    ★★½

    For years I've been eating similarly to the film's recommended diet; I didn't learn anything new here. But it's just fun sometimes to watch a movie or read a book that makes you feel validated :P

    The film's faults are many:
    -let's say it has 30 people in it. 29 are white.
    -the experiments and discussions are biased, and the experiment participants are prewired to think a certain way.
    -some of the experts' businesses and products are marketed here. The…