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Jordan Hiller

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Biography:

By day I fight crime in the court houses of this great city. By night, I sleep...but not before watching a movie and writing about it. My daughters, Cory and Maya, son, Jack, and wife, Amy kick *** and I'd give up all the prestige of the OFCS for just a little appreciation.

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The Girl Next Door Young Guns The Abyss What Lies Beneath Unbreakable

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http://www.bangitout.com/movies.html

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Homicide (1991) 88% 2.5/4 EDIT “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” – Bangitout.com Dec 13, 2017 Full Review The Theory of Everything (2014) 81% 3/4 EDIT “It's a film about the expanding universe that seems to want to contract and contract and eventually shrink into itself and be gone.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review Boyhood (2014) 97% 3/4 EDIT “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!"” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 92% 4/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) 91% 2/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review Wild (2014) 88% 4/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review Unbroken (2014) 53% 1/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review Gone Girl (2014) 88% 3.5/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “The screenplay does an exceptional job of incorporating this film into the pre-existing and percolating Marvel cinematic universe.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review Edge of Tomorrow (2014) 91% 4/4 EDIT “A bold concept which could have easily resulted in tedium, but not in Liman's hands” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review Interstellar (2014) 73% 2.5/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2014 Full Review World War Z (2013) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “Danny Boyle (28 Days Later) and Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) did so much more with less nearly a decade ago.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 Full Review Saving Mr. Banks (2013) 79% 2.5/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 Full Review Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 92% 4/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 Full Review Nebraska (2013) 90% 2.5/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 Full Review Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 92% 2/4 EDIT “The problem is that while Ron may not run out of steam, the film about him does.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 Full Review Lone Survivor (2013) 75% 2/4 EDIT “The sheer irredeemable gruesomeness makes learning something from the tragedy of the failed mission difficult.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 Full Review 12 Years a Slave (2013) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “While Nature/Fate/God can perform apparent wickedness without conscience, neither hold a candle to man.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 Full Review Gravity (2013) 96% 4/4 EDIT “A marvel of performance and effect utilizing the man against his environment/survival motif to justify visual and technical elegance and brilliance.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 Full Review All Is Lost (2013) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “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.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2013 Full Review This Is 40 (2012) 52% 2/4 EDIT “My suspicion is that Apatow made a conscious decision to throw episodes at us scattershot to reflect the battlefield chaos of a relationship in motion.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2012 Full Review Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 93% 4/4 EDIT “Anderson's manner becomes a second skin and essential to the script, making Moonrise Kingdom a most comfortable way to watch matters uncomfortable.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2012 Full Review Argo (2012) 96% 3.5/4 EDIT “We are invested in this rescue mission not simply because these are fellow Americans in peril, but also because Argo takes the time to make each person behind enemy lines unique and authentic.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2012 Full Review Les Misérables (2012) 70% 2.5/4 EDIT “The issue with a motion picture reproduction of the musical is not whether the songs will be spectacular or whether nostalgia will play a role; the issue is whether director can capture the play's epic scope and whether the cast was up to the challenge.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2012 Full Review Lincoln (2012) 89% 3.5/4 EDIT “Spielberg undoubtedly is asking us to pay attention and learn something - there is no nodding off in this class - but even with all the talk of ratification, and envoys, and securing votes, Lincoln is an engaging, if not rousing film-going experience.” – Bangitout.com Dec 31, 2012 Full Review
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