Below is an embed of an excellent video introduction to critical thinking. Brian dunning has released this video under Creative Commons. It’s free to distribute, so you can download the movie here, where you can even get an ISO file, if you want to burn it to a DVD that will play in your home [...]
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A couple of nights ago we watched Burn After Reading, which someone had recommended to us as funny. Let me just start by saying it was not, not even for a dark comedy. Oh sure, there were some chucklesome moments scattered throughout, but the dominant emotion wasn’t humor, it was pity. Most of the characters [...] This weekend we watched Transporter 3 from Netflix. I wasn’t expecting a whole lot from this movie other than a time killer, but I was pleasantly surprised. As the third movie in the franchise, this movie is little more than a Jason Statham vehicle, don’t get me wrong. But the plot was pretty solid, the [...] I haven’t posted a movie review in a while, though I’ve continued to enjoy a steady flow of Netflix discs. Last night I watched The Man from Earth, from a script by Jerome Bixby. I was pleasantly surprised by the movie, which is a low-budget indie production shot over 13 days in the California desert, [...] I have a best friend. And who doesn’t, really, best being relative. But my best friend Scott has been my best friend since I was fourteen or fifteen. We met when I was thirteen, I think, through our mutual friend Jeremy (from whom Scott eventually usurped best friend status. But that’s okay, because Jeremy had [...] linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”; [...] Found this embedded at Tor.com. linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”; [...] Have I mentioned that I hate Mondays? I can never seem to get my brain in gear until late in the day. Too much catching up from the weekend. Anyway, the latest movie we saw from Netflix was… First up is Slither, a 2006 homage to ’80s horror movies. I quite enjoyed this one, and give it four stars. If you didn’t appreciate Tremors, Nightmare on Elmstreet, Shaun of the Dead, or a host of others, steer clear of this one. It’s not a big gorefest, but there is good blend of action, [...] Saw Brick last night. This is another great movie. Saw the preview for this one on Inside Man, also good. |
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