JONESING FOR FILMS

A blog dedicated to movies

Tag: Jake Gyllenhaal

  • Nocturnal Animals (2016)

    Nocturnal Animals (2016)

    Nocturnal Animals is stylish thriller from Tom Ford that has a little bit of substance too.

  • Everest (2015)

    Everest (2015)

    Everest, despite the true life tragedy at the center of the story, is a thrilling visual achievement worth seeing in Imax 3D.

  • Southpaw (2015)

    Southpaw (2015)

    Southpaw offers moments of compelling drama inside the ring and outside the ring, and Gyllenhaal gives a strong performance, but the story isn’t good enough to go 12 rounds with him.

  • Prisoners (2013)

    Prisoners (2013)

    Prisoners is a challenging film.  It’s premise is fairly straight forward even as its plot is more complex: How far is too far when it comes to the lengths someone should go in protecting or rescuing someone they love?  Prisoners uses its noticeable runtime (2 hr. 33 min.) to ponder…