Love is all around us: Droid love, Galaxy love, iPhone love; lots and lots of iPhone love. These relationships have given rise to a particular kind of 21st-century double date you may have observed at coffee shops, bars and restaurants. On one side of the table, a man, let us say. Opposite him a woman, or another man. The two human beings are ostensibly out together. But really, it's the little screen, the beloved device clutched in the palm of one hand that commands the unwavering gaze and attention of each person. A man and his phone, a woman and her phone: Ah, L'amour.... With his latest feature, Her , Spike Jonze brings us another sort of love story between man and machine. And much as we see early examples of technology - for all its power and ubiquity - mainly highlighting the isolation of the film's main character, Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), Her transcends a mere critique of the dubious uses of technology t...