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Movie Review – Spirit Untamed (2021)

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Spirit Untamed, 2021. Directed by Elaine Bogan and Ennio Torresan Featuring the voice talents of Isabela Merced, Jake Gyllenhaal, Julianne Moore, Marsai Martin, Mckenna Grace, Eiza González, Walton Goggins, and Andre Braugher. SYNOPSIS: Lucky Prescott’s life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends […]

First trailer for Michael Bay’s Ambulance starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza Gonzalez

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Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer and a poster for Michael Bay’s upcoming thriller Ambulance which follows brothers Will (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), and Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal) as they hijack an emergency vehicle and find themselves in a high-speed pursuit after their getaway from the biggest bank heist in L.A. history goes awry; check them […]

Movie Review – The Guilty (2021)

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The Guilty, 2021. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Dano, Bill Burr, Gillian Zinser, Vivien Lyra Blair, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Edi Patterson, Beau Knapp, Byron Bowers, David Castañeda, Christina Vidal, Adrian Martinez, and Eli Goree. SYNOPSIS: A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is […]

The Guilty is Jake Gyllenhaal’s Best Movie in Years | TIFF 2021 Video Review

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Netflix’s The Guilty… Can the power of Jake Gyllenhaal’s acting carry The Guilty to the awards season? Gyllenhaal teams with director Antoine Fuqua in a new Netflix adaption of the Danish film, and it’s a strong outing for all involved. While not as flashy as other movies from […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Guilty

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The Guilty, 2021. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Riley Keough, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Eli Goree, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, David Castañeda, Paul Dano, and Peter Sarsgaard. SYNOPSIS: A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman. Mere months […]

Jake Gyllenhaal commands the screen in first trailer for The Guilty

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Antoine Fuqua re-team for The Guilty, and the first trailer teases the high-concept premise coming to Netflix this fall. Set in one location, we see Gyllenhaal leading the film as a 911 operator attempting to save a life. The official synopsis reads, “a troubled police detective demoted to 911 operator duty scrambles […]

First teaser and images for Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty starring Jake Gyllenhaal

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Netflix has released a teaser and images for director Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming remake of the Danish thriller The Guilty which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a 911 call operator who receives a call from a woman in grave danger. Check them out here… The Guilty takes place over the course of a single morning in a […]

Jake Gyllenhaal to star in graphic novel adaptation Oblivion Song

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Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and star in an adaptation of Oblivion Song, the acclaimed series of graphic novels created by Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici. Deadline reports that the Oscar-nominated actor will take the lead in the film, as well as producing the film alongside Riva Marker via his Nine Stories company, along with Kirkman, […]

Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby to be stranded on an island for survival thriller Suddenly

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Brace yourselves for the most high-calibre desert-island duo since Tom Hanks and a volleyball, because news has emerged from the Cannes virtual market that the Oscar-nominated pair of Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby are set to be stranded for survival thriller Suddenly. Deadline report that the film will be directed by Thomas Bidegain, who wrote […]

Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal to adapt Finding the Mother Tree

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Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal will team again, this time in adapting a groundbreaking real-life story. The pair will both produce a film based on scientist Suzanne Simard’s memoir Finding the Mother Tree, with Adams set to star. In what reports described as a competitive battle, Adams and Bond Group co-founder Stacy O’Neil teamed with Gyllenhaal […]