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Review of The Namesake (2006)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 06 Dec 2007

Mira Nair's film is called The Namesake which immediately focuses our attention toward the value of names and naming (and that theme is explored…

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Review of Hairspray (2007)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 06 Dec 2007

One's enjoyment of Adam Shankman's motion picture will largely depend on one's tolerance for conflict-less, feel good musicals…

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Review of Close to Home (2005)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 01 Oct 2007

Our wide eyed, angel faced chayalot drift hypnotized toward the center of the chaos and we realize that in Israel, there cannot be a movie…

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Review of Ushpizin (2004)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 01 Oct 2007

An orthodox Jew will identify and thereby raise the level of the movie to something beyond the temporal film experience…

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Review of Gaza Strip (2002)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 01 Oct 2007

Therein lies the persisting sentiment of guilt and fiendishness in trying to adequately talk about a film that portrays rather poignantly and…

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Review of Into the Wild (2007)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 18 Sep 2007

What is evident by the film's conclusion is that our sincere and honest relationships with fellow men and women is what makes us human and…

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Review of Half Nelson (2006)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

The film builds very nicely and creates a provocative set up where the self-destructive teacher needs to hold it together for the sake of his…

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Review of Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

Little Miss Sunshine is an example of a very nicely done small movie about family that is content and secure enough to deliver everything in…

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Review of The Illusionist (2006)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

The Illusionist is intent on maintaining a serious and sinister, yet serene temper allowing its four main characters to play off each other…

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Review of The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

As Idi Amin, Whitaker embodies the spirit of a smiling, deranged, murderous fool…

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Review of Little Children (2006)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

Little Children is a fable, complete with a full throated narrator and Aesopesque moral…

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Review of Hollywoodland (2006)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

But dreams of fame evolve…

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Review of Half Nelson (1985)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

The film builds very nicely and creates a provocative set up where the self-destructive teacher needs to hold it together for the sake of his…

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Review of Babel (2008)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

The fact that someone was so inspired by our pathetic and pitiable inability to communicate with our fellow man to craft a film with that message…

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Review of Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

While the film looks beautiful and the cinematography and staging by Xiaoding Zhao is as magnificent as ever, Curse of the Golden Flower is…

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Review of Babel (2006)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

The fact that someone was so inspired by our pathetic and pitiable inability to communicate with our fellow man to craft a film with that message…

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Review of 15 Minutes (2001)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 26 Sep 2006

And so now, in the unambitious tradition of the eminent Natural Born Killers - comes the spectacularly underachieving 15 Minutes…

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Review of Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 26 Sep 2006

After seeing spectacular epics like Tarzan, it is difficult to properly appreciate the mediocre, but entertaining Atlantis…

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Review of Meet the Parents (2000)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 26 Sep 2006

Stiller portrays a human accident better than anyone and he definitely knows how to extort laughs and sympathy from his audience…

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Review of The Mexican (2001)

By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 26 Sep 2006

The Mexican coasts along throwing at us double-agent/double-crossings intrigue, witty one-liners, and some evocative scenery…

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