Jake Gyllenhaal pushes the boundaries of creepy with “Nightcrawler,” an alarming-but-fascinating film about the state of television news. Obviously taking the lead from “Network,” “Broadcast News” and ...

Gyllenhaal plays Lou, a weird loner with little back story who ekes out a living in Los Angeles by selling scrap metal and occasionally stealing stuff. Then he chances onto the scene of a bad car ...

The most frightening thing about Jake Gyllenhaal in “Nightcrawler” — even more than those sallow, sunken cheeks, those googly eyes, and that unkempt hair tied into a greasy bun — is his smile.