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Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 13, 2017 2.5/4 Homicide, David Mamet's ponderous film about a Jewish cop losing his way, loses its way whenever it wanders from the scene of the crime Go to Full Review Homicide (1991) 88% 72%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 3/4 It's a film about the expanding universe that seems to want to contract and contract and eventually shrink into itself and be gone. Go to Full Review The Theory of Everything (2014) 81% 84%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 3/4 It's the gimmick film to end all gimmick films. It's Linklater on a bike, holding his breath, crossing his eyes, puffing out his cheeks, going full speed at that ramp yelling, "Look, Ma! No hands!" Go to Full Review Boyhood (2014) 97% 77%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 4/4 While the enigmatic details and nuances are the very treasures and treats being gifted, they are mere trinkets when not combined with the style and imagery that Anderson has forged from his creative spirit. Go to Full Review The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 92% 91%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 2/4 Birdman has its merits as a commentary about fame and loss. It is a finely concocted curiosity. But, we must objectively decipher whether Birdman soars or just manufactures an illusion of flight. Go to Full Review Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) 91% 78%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 4/4 One cannot help but wonder whether Wild, a difficult, challenging film about a woman struggling to make amends, serves its star as both personal and professional penance. Go to Full Review Wild (2014) 88% 75%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 1/4 As vivid and relatable as the races, raft, wretchedness, and redemption may have been on the page, the on screen rendering manages to suck the life and vitality from Zamperini's ordeal. Go to Full Review Unbroken (2014) 52% 70%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 3.5/4 What begins as a beguiling whodunit takes an abrupt, choke on your popcorn turn midway through and, believe it or not, the ride is just getting started. Go to Full Review Gone Girl (2014) 88% 87%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 3.5/4 The screenplay does an exceptional job of incorporating this film into the pre-existing and percolating Marvel cinematic universe. Go to Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 91% 92%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 4/4 A bold concept which could have easily resulted in tedium, but not in Liman's hands Go to Full Review Edge of Tomorrow (2014) 91% 90%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 2.5/4 That the universe contains phenomena eons beyond us while at the same time intimately close is a beautiful concept and Interstellar seeks to orchestrate its own moment of revelation. Go to Full Review Interstellar (2014) 73% 89%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 2.5/4 Danny Boyle (28 Days Later) and Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) did so much more with less nearly a decade ago. Go to Full Review World War Z (2013) 67% 72%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 2.5/4 It does not mind raw emotion as long as it is delivered beneath a shimmery smooth veneer. Any and all medicines are accompanied by spoonfuls of sugar. Go to Full Review Saving Mr. Banks (2013) 79% 84%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 4/4 Llewyn Davis, entertaining and witty as all Coen productions quite naturally are, teaches us about the devotion one must have to their art if they intend it to survive them. Go to Full Review Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 92% 74%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 2.5/4 Nebraska is an about-face for Payne, and, although it is an improvement over the indulgent Descendants, it does not resonate as resoundingly as his earlier work. Go to Full Review Nebraska (2013) 90% 83%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 2/4 The problem is that while Ron may not run out of steam, the film about him does. Go to Full Review Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 92% 91%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 2/4 The sheer irredeemable gruesomeness makes learning something from the tragedy of the failed mission difficult. Go to Full Review Lone Survivor (2013) 75% 87%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 3.5/4 While Nature/Fate/God can perform apparent wickedness without conscience, neither hold a candle to man. Go to Full Review 12 Years a Slave (2013) 95% 88%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 4/4 A marvel of performance and effect utilizing the man against his environment/survival motif to justify visual and technical elegance and brilliance. Go to Full Review Gravity (2013) 96% 71%

Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 3.5/4 As the film goes on, we see Redford in a new light. A light dimmer and paler and murkier. Once a golden god on screen, there now remains a hobbled everyman. Go to Full Review All Is Lost (2013) 95% 69%