Jake Gyllenhaal has covered a lot of ground playing some complex characters throughout his career. Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain, Robert Graysmith in Zodiac, and, of course, the title character in Donnie Darko are all characters that require a few layers in the performance. Lou Bloom is perhaps Gyllenhaal’s most complex character and one of his best performances to date. Continue reading
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- Le Samouraï, 1967 - ★★★★ January 19, 2021Very cool and very stylish in its suspense and procedure. I can see how influential this was on Tarantino, in particular.
- Yojimbo, 1961 - ★★★★ January 18, 2021Watched on Monday January 18, 2021.
- Dazed and Confused, 1993 - ★★★★½ January 18, 2021Watched on Monday January 18, 2021.
- Sometimes They Come Back, 1991 - ★★★ January 15, 2021Rewatched this while working from home solely because I've been working on a Top 19 Stephen King Movie/TV Works list for an eventual Tower Junkies episode.It's currently at my number 19 spot on my list. I really don't know if it's because there's such a glut of sub-par/objectively terrible King adaptations out there or if Sometimes T […]
- The Vast of Night, 2019 - ★★★★ January 13, 2021Watched on Wednesday January 13, 2021.
- Superbad, 2007 - ★★★★½ January 6, 2021Watched on Tuesday January 5, 2021.
- Le Samouraï, 1967 - ★★★★ January 19, 2021