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Movie Review – Nocturnal Animals (2016)

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Nocturnal Animals, 2016.Directed by Tom Ford. Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney. Ellie Bamber, Karl Glusman, India Menuez, Andrea Riseborough, and Michael Sheen.SYNOPSIS:An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband’s novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale.There’s […]

Denis Villeneuve and Jake Gyllenhaal re-team for HBO’s The Son from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy

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Jake Gyllenhaal will be re-teaming with his Prisoners and Enemy director Denis Villeneuve for The Son, an HBO limited series adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s novel from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.The Son is “a tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption.” It focuses on Sonny Lofthus, “an escaped convict: an opioid addict […]

Oscar Isaac to play Francis Ford Coppola in Francis and The Godfather

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Deadline is reporting that Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) has been cast as legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola in the upcoming biopic Francis and The Godfather, which will also star Jake Gyllenhaal (Spider-Man: Far From Home) as producer and studio executive Robert Evans.Francis and The Godfather is being directed by Barry Levinson […]

Jake Gyllenhaal and Antoine Fuqua reuniting for The Guilty

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Jake Gyllenhaal is set to reunite with his Southpaw director Antoine Fuqua for The Guilty, a remake of the acclaimed Danish-drama thriller Den Skyldige from filmmaker Gustav Moller, Deadline has revealed.The film take place over the course of a single morning in a 911 dispatch centre, with Gyllenhaal playing Joe Bayler, an operator who receives […]

Movie Review – Nightcrawler (2014)

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Nightcrawler, 2014.Written and Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo and Riz Ahmed.SYNOPSIS:A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.Motivation for success is a perfectly fine trait to have, but what happens when all moral consciousness is lost while climbing the ladder? In Nightcrawler Jake Gyllenhaal […]

Donnie Darko with critic Ren Zelen | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #75

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Ren Zelen digs deep into the inner workings of the mind-bending Donnie Darko…On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Ren Zelen stops by to dissect […]

Movie Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

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Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019.Directed by Jon Watts. Starring Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Jacob Batalon, Angourie Rice, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Remy Hil, Numan Acar, Hemky Madera, Toni Garrn, and Marisa Tomei.SYNOPSIS:Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new […]

Jake Gyllenhaal to produce and star in musical adaptation Fun Home

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According to The Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye, Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in a feature film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home, which he will also produce through his Nine Stories production banner.Based on American cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir, Fun Home explores Bechdel’s discovery of her own sexuality and her relationship […]

Rumour: Jake Gyllenhaal reportedly a lock for Batman if Ben Affleck leaves

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Well, it looks like Matt Reeves may have found his new Batman! Well, perhaps… maybe. This isn’t the first time that we’ve heard Jake Gyllenhaal’s name in connection with the upcoming The Batman trilogy, but a new rumour suggests that the role is waiting for Gyllenhaal if Affleck ultimately decides to abandon the cowl. Revenge of […]

Movie Review – Wildlife (2018)

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Wildlife, 2018.Directed by Paul Dano. Starring Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Bill Camp. SYNOPSIS:A boy witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his mother finds another man.When all fully goes to hell in a handbasket, Jeanette (Carey Mulligan as a conflicted and frustrated housewife searching for her own happiness, and although she doesn’t know […]