Ten years ago, Netflix was an innocuous DVD-by-mail company, the Marvel tsunami was just testing the water with Iron Man” and Thor,” and the Star Wars” empire nonetheless belonged to George Lucas, not Disney. Throughout his career, Spike Jonze has made a reputation for himself with dangerous, boundary-pushing projects like Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and his 2013 outing Her fits in perfectly with the remainder of his films. Starring acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix in a performance that requires an astonishing amount of solo work, the film tells the futuristic story of Theodore Twombly (Phoenix), a lonely Los Angeles man who buys an operating system that homes a digital assistant that adapts to its consumer. Theodore chooses a feminine voice and the title Samantha, and the AI, voiced by Scarlett Johannson , ends up changing into his closest confidante and unlikely lover, all whereas …