budget philosophy 101 with jen

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Film | 2 Comments »

The other week I watched a French film called ‘La Petit Jerusalem’ about an Orthodox Jewish girl. It wasn’t brilliant – don’t rush out – but it was interesting because the main character, Laura, was seriously into philosophy, particularly Kant. ...

Lessons from Wall-E

Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Film | No Comments »

I’ve been out in the wilderness for a while and am just returning to civilized things like cinema. So I recently watched Wall–E, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Here are some random observations I made: 1. The wall mounted singing trout is ...

How much does a life weigh?

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Film | 1 Comment »

Precisely twenty-one grams, we are told by Dr MacDougall of Massachusetts, who in 1907 put several dying patients on a scale and reportedly noticed a sudden drop in their weight at the moment of death. The results were soon discredited, ...

Love like a robot

Friday, January 30th, 2009 Posted in Film | No Comments »

A few days ago I got the chance to watch Wall•E, the most recent movie from Pixar. It's all about a little robot named Wall•E, whose job it is to clean up all the garbage on an abandoned planet earth. ...