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Bubble Boy *** (2001, Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton) – Classic Movie Review 1727

The 20-year-old Jake Gyllenhaal gives an appealing, expert performance in director Blair Hayes’s 2001 drama. Gyllenhaal does wonders with Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio’s tricky romantic comedy script about an immune-deficient boy called Jimmy Livingston. […]

Oct, 01

City Slickers **** (1991, Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby) – Classic Movie Review 1725

Director Ron Underwood’s 1991 blockbuster comedy Western is great escapist fun and deservedly cleaned up at the box-office. Star Billy Crystal gives a sharp and confident comedy performance and penned the outline of the fresh-seeming […]

Oct, 01

The Day After Tomorrow (2004, Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal) – Classic Film Review 1086

In co-writer/producer/director Roland Emmerich’s 2004 fantasy thriller, it seems that the weather’s suddenly got much, much worse and a new Ice Age is upon us. ‘It’s incredible!’ says weather expert Professor Dennis Quaid. And incredible’s […]

Apr, 14

Source Code *** (2011, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright) – Classic Movie Review 703

Jake Gyllenhaal makes every second count as Colter Stevens, a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and finds he’s in a sci-fi spin on Groundhog Day. He has eight minutes […]

Jan, 15

Prisoners ***** (2013, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Terrence Howard, Maria Bello, Dylan Minnette) – Movie Review

Hugh Jackman stars as blue-collar building worker Keller Dover, a sick-to-his-stomach and totally terrified father who crazily takes the law into his own hands when his little six-year-old young daughter Anna is suddenly abducted from […]

Sep, 10

Donnie Darko ***** (2001, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Seth Rogen) – Classic Movie Review 46

‘The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I ever had.’ – Mad World. Back in 2001, Jake Gyllenhaal puts in an outstanding bid for serious-actor stardom as disturbed teenager Donnie, who, after escaping a […]

Jul, 13

Brokeback Mountain ***** (2005, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal) – Classic Movie Review 45

‘There are places you can never go back to. There are places you’ll never forget…’ A deliciously moving, overwhelmingly passionate tribute to love and friendship, and an incredibly powerful condemnation of bigotry and hatred, Brokeback […]

Jul, 13

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