24 March
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LIFE Director: David Espinosa Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya, Hiroyuki Sanada Space exploration movies feel like they’re all the rage right now. Unfortunately, they can’t all be as great as 2013’s Gravity. With Passengers last year and now Life, I’m wondering if they’ve run their course for the time being or if we can’t figure out a new story to tell. Maybe the ambiguous one word titles have something to do with it. Life boasts a fun crew with Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson leading the team on an international space station. They’re returning from a mission to MarsRead More →

22 November
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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Writer/Director: Tom Ford Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Armie Hammer, Michael Sheen, Jena Malone If you thought fashion designer Tom Ford was going to be a one-hit wonder director after his exquisite film A Single Man then think again. He is back with his razor-sharp eye with Nocturnal Animals. He pulls triple duty by being one of the film’s producers and having written the script which has been adapted from Austin Wright’s book Tony and Susan. Amy Adams plays art dealer Susan Morrow who continues to be unhappy in life. Her latest gallery showing is unlike anything else you’veRead More →

27 April
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DEMOLITION Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, Polly Draper, Heather Lind, Debra Monk Do you ever have one of those wretched days when the littlest thing because the item that pushes you over the edge? For Davis (Gyllenhaal), it’s the vending machine that is that item. His world is turned upside down when his wife, Julia (Lind), is killed in a head-on collision. He survived the car accident without a scratch. While he was in the hospital after the accident he lost some change in a vending machine and decides to write a letter to the company about hisRead More →

20 September
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EVEREST Director: Baltasar Kormákur Starring: Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Debicki I already knew this, but Everest has now confirmed that I have no desire to go climb Mount Everest or any other summit like that. In 1996 two expeditions attempt to make their way to the top of Mount Everest. Jason Clarke plays Rob Hall, an expedition leader based out of New Zealand who is bringing a group of amateur hikers up with his company Adventure Consultants. Texas pathologist Beck Weathers (Brolin) and journalist Jon Krakauer (Kelly) were two membersRead More →

04 November
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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER–The 2013 Full Uncensored Actors Roundtable       It’s award season which means another set of roundtable discussions from The Hollywood Reporter with the actors, actresses, directors, producers, and writers garnering praise for their films. As an actor myself, I love watching them discuss the ups and downs of their careers, what inspires them, what excites them in a project, and what scares them. Up first is The Actors segment featuring: Josh Brolin, Labor Day Jake Gyllenhall, Prisoners Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels’ The Butler Don’t forget toRead More →

25 September
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PRISONERSDirector: Denis VilleneuveStarring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, Terrence Howard, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Paul Dano, Melissa Leo This twisty ethical child abduction mystery thriller will have people pretty divided. I can tell you that I was engrossed from the very first frame and did not check the watch in the entire two and a half hour run-time. No, this is not even my Jake Gyllenhaal bias showing through. Thanksgiving should be this joyful day spent with family and friends stuffing your face and having a peaceful time. For the Dover and Birch families, it will go down as the Thanksgiving they will never forget. AfterRead More →

04 June
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END OF WATCH (2012) Writer/Director: David Ayer Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera, Cody Horn South Central Los Angeles seems to be as rough as you can get. It takes a certain type of police officer that would want to assign themselves to that area. Knowing that you are putting your life on the line with every phone call into 911 is heroic to say the least. Every day they are faced with guns and rifles pointing back at them with every house call they respond to. Brian Taylor (Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Peña) are partners in the LAPD. They have aRead More →