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We've just come from seeing Jake Gyllenhaal's character in Nightcrawler play second star to the bright red Challenger SRT being flung all over the screen for much of the film.

Demolition, his newest film, brings a more deconstructed approach, aided by the enigmatic Jake Gyllenhaal, who has been on quite the successful run himself, most notably his transcendental performance in Nightcrawler.

Gyllenhaal was brilliantly original in his last role as a sociopathic cameraman in Nightcrawler, which makes his portrayal here particularly disappointing.

Jake Gyllenhaal did similarly twitchy work in Nightcrawler, but there his efforts were given a near - surreal context, as the character's sociopathy seemed a natural extension of L.A.'s tabloid seediness, captured brilliantly in Robert Elswit's luxuriantly scuzzy nighttime photography.

Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game is my # 1 performance; followed by David Oyelowo in Selma, though there are so many others: Michael Keaton in Birdman, Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler, Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice, even Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

So yes, these initial days of TIFF haven't given us a 12 Years a Slave or a Gravity like last year, but Gyllenhaal's performance in Nightcrawler is a knockout and the implementation of the new screening rules means that we could definitely see some heavy hitters break out next week.

But there's no accidental filmmaking in Nightcrawler (there are many accidents, though mostly of the vehicular kind) and as Gilroy bends his titular Nightcrawler into bigger and odder shapes, he makes room for one of the most important and mind - altering filmic trips of the season.

She's fine, but she's also nothing special, and certainly below the caliber of Rene Russo in Nightcrawler or some of the women of Gone Girl or Carmen Ejogo in Selma (but we know why that one didn't happen already).

Another unsung contender (though I've heard In Contention's Kris Tapley writing about her) is Renee Russo in Nightcrawler.

Riz Ahmed in Nightcrawler Macon Blair in Blue Ruin Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood Joey King in Wish I Was Here Jenny Slate in Obvious Child Tessa Thompson in Dear White People

In Nightcrawler.

Emma Stone in Birdman is against Rene Russo in Nightcrawler, Patricia Arquette for Boyhood, Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game and Imelda Staunton in Pride.

Having coaxed career - best work from a spooky, hollowed - out Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler, Gilroy accomplishes something almost equally (if more perversely) impressive: He gets a bad performance out of Denzel Washington.

Other notable nominees include Guardians of the Galaxy for Best Visual Effects and Jake Gyllenhaal for his work in Nightcrawler.

Nightcrawler — Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Director: Dan Gilroy Writer: Dan Gilroy Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed In Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom, a young man looking to become -LSB-...]

Riz Ahmed in Nightcrawler (Open Road Films) Macon Blair in Blue Ruin (RADiUS) Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (IFC Films) Joey King in Wish I Was Here (Focus Features) Jenny Slate in Obvious Child (A24 Films) Tessa Thompson in Dear White People (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)

Reese Witherspoon, she noted, shed her sunshiny demeanour to play a recovering heroin addict in Wild, while other actors went to further bodily extremes: Jake Gyllenhaal doffed 30 pounds to play an unblinking sociopath in Nightcrawler, while Steve Carell donned a prosthetic nose for Foxcatcher.

Variety reports that Gilroy, who memorably directed Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler, has also added Fresh Meat «s Zawe -LSB-...]

The perpetually transformative actor Jake Gyllenhaal does a 180 - degree turn from his previous role of Louis Bloom in Nightcrawler, going from playing a spindly man who used his sharp intellect and lack of emotion to gain the upper hand to get ahead, to beefy one that is of below average intelligence, running all on emotion, and lashing out physically against anyone and anything that gets in his way.

Jake Gyllenhaal's blistering performance in Nightcrawler won Best Actor honors, while J.K. Simmons in Whiplash and Jessica Chastain in A Most Violent Year earned Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively.

(Left to right) Jake Gyllenhaal as Lou Bloom and Rene Russo as Nina Romina in NIGHTCRAWLER, written and directed by Dan Gilroy, opening October 31, 2014.

Finally, the biggest threat for the fifth slot is Jake Gyllenhaal, as a creepy sociopath in Nightcrawler.

Carell's competition for best actor in a drama included Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game, Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler, David Oyelowo in Selma and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything.

Well, the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes announced their nominations this week and shocked us with noms for both Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler and Jennifer Aniston in Cake, throwing the race a fantastic curve ball as we start to enter the nitty gritty of awards season.

In Best Actor, Steve Carell rode his SAG, BAFTA (in supporting) and Golden Globe nominations for Foxcatcher to Oscar gold and Bradley Cooper's late - breaking American Sniper pushed him ahead of SAG, Globe, BFCA and BAFTA nominee Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler.

We got a terrific performance in End of Watch, saw him pull off double duty with Enemy, gave my favorite performance of last year in Prisoners, and repeated with what will likely be my favorite performance as Lou Bloom in Nightcrawler this year.

Jake Gyllenhaal was incredible in Enemy, but he was even better in Nightcrawler.

His work in Nightcrawler is awards worthy for sure, he'll just need stay clear of pigeon - holing himself into the dark, tormented character in a movie.

This character study seems like familiar territory, Jake Gyllenhaal's recent performance in Nightcrawler comes to mind.

Now, in a mad rush to be first on the scene like Jake Gyllenhaal's character in Nightcrawler, precursors unleash in a veritable flood at the beginning of Decemember leading up to the first true clarifying precursor groups: The SAGs and The Golden Globes.

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

Today he was nominated for a BAFTA for his performance in Nightcrawler.

A grab bag of thoughts: Rene Russo is up for best supporting actress in Nightcrawler, which is a pleasant surprise.

The reviews tended to be sniffy (the Guardian's own Peter Bradshaw called it «hammy», «cynical» and «increasingly dull and overwrought») but Southpaw benefits from a highly marketable redemptive premise and credible talent elements including director Antoine Fuqua and star Jake Gyllenhaal, coming off his acclaimed turn in Nightcrawler.

The biggest snub, however, goes to Jake Gyllenhaal, whose performance in Nightcrawler has already earned him multiple awards over the past month.

Not exact matches

That's Kodi Smith - Mcphee (Nightcrawler in the X-Men: Apocalypse movie, and the kid from The Road before that) in the lead, and the movie was directed by Albert Hughes (who co-directed The Book of Eli).

In thinking about all the upset caused by this week's blizzard that wasn't, especially all the outrage directed at the weathermen for making everybody freak out about «historic» snow totals that got dumped on New England instead of us, I was reminded of the best movie I saw last year: «Nightcrawler.»

Nightcrawler's prehensile tail could get tendinitis if he spent hours crawling and swinging in battle with the Brotherhood of Mutants.

Gyllenhaal had to lose 30 pounds for his role in the movie Nightcrawler.

While that tells you more about its 2013 (in a word: disastrous) than it does about its 2014, Open Road did manage to get a lot of traction with critics last year with its Jake Gyllenhaal crime thriller Nightcrawler.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE — DRAMA Steve Carell — Foxcatcher Benedict Cumberbatch — The Imitation Game Jake Gyllenhaal — Nightcrawler David Oyelowo — Selma Eddie Redmayne — Theory of Everyting

«Nightcrawler» is a great Los Angeles film and a great media film and a great noir, powered by a supremely creepy performance from Jake Gyllenhaal in what is perhaps the best work of his eclectic career.

The gaffes he makes when he first tries to break into the game provide some of the few laughs in «Nightcrawler» — the technical glitches and breaches of protocol with annoyed police officers and firefighters.

He'll be angling for his first nomination since «Brokeback Mountain» after turning out excellent work in films like «Prisoners,» «Enemy» and «Nightcrawler» in recent years.

His first was Nightcrawler in 2014.

After earning critical raves in last year's freak - out Nightcrawler, he has transformed himself physically into a lean, mean boxing machine for...

That the man who gave us the modern gem «Nightcrawler» could also turn in this legal drama is endlessly fascinating.

It's been obvious for some time, but now it's downright inarguable: Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the best actors working today, and he completely and wholly transforms into Jeff Bauman in this film with a potentially career - best performance (at the very least a close runner - up to Nightcrawler).

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