Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. Jesus Christ, Jason Bourne is a terrible film. I’ll admit I didn’t want to go in the first place, so I wasn’t exactly in a charitable mood, but I don’t care. That film took two hours of my life and I’m seeking revenge. Also “spoilers” or whatever. […]
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Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. I read J. K. Rowling / Robert Galbraith’s Career of Evil this weekend. I’m not a great reader of fiction, as my exasperated friends know too well. But, a fan is a fan is a fan, and I preordered Career of Evil months ago. More so than […]
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Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. Avatar is a film that argues that human beings are mortally evil and inescapably isolated. It claims that the only moral solution to which is to betray one’s own kind and convert to being a member giant blue alien species isn’t so damned. In spite of this […]
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Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. I want to speak about a film I recently rewatched for the first time in years: The Matrix Reloaded. This is a fact I’m sure most of you consider right and normal. Who on earth would want to watch The Matrix Reloaded more than once? Well, me. I liked […]
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Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. The Robocop reboot from earlier this year gave me faith that sci-fi isn’t dead. I expected a moody Nolan-esque remake, similar to the 2012 Dredd, that would replace the clever satire of the original with fantastically boring special effects. I was wrong. Admittedly, it lacks the subtlety of the original to […]
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Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. This review comes quite late, given that the film was released in 2012, but, despite the fact that Arendt is one of my favourite philosophers and her theory on Eichmann the topic of my undergraduate dissertation, I’ve only just got around to watching it. This is no coincidence. […]
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Originally published on my other blog, Small Reason. I’ve decided to write something on Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and philosophy. But, I’d like to hesitate before I start. I have always been slightly uncomfortable with books, articles or other works that take the form of “Philosophy and <insert piece of popular culture here>”. While […]
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