“It’s very easy to roll your eyes when an actor decides to either shed a lot of weight for a role, or pile it on. The idea that they’ve got one eye on the awards season often provokes the simple question of, “is it really necessary?” Well in Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler, featuring a gaunt Jake Gyllenhaal in the leading role, the answer is a bonafide ‘yes’, as it’s all part of creating an on-screen monster; which represents one of the finest, most nuanced cinematic creations this year”…
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Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling – where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Aided by Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou thrives. In the breakneck, ceaseless search for…
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A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.
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