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Nightcrawler (2014)
Very good film, if you can handle moral ambiguity
This film has an unusual story. I watched it without knowing much about it, and that was the correct way to go. Go watch it now without knowing anymore.
Anyways, the story is about a man who has very little going for him, but then discovers that he's good at filming/selling video footage of crimes and accidents to the local news.
I'll leave it at that, because the story does not follow the usual Hollywood pablum. Jake Gyllenhaal does a great job. I'm not sure I can ever see him as a leading man after this. He's so real, or maybe that's just acting. Rene Russo and the rest of the actors are fine, no more no less. It's mostly a one man show, in a good way.
Young & Hungry (2014)
Better than it looks
So this stars the other actress from the Hannah Montana show. She's quite likable, but she's a caricature, similar to the Disney show. The gay Asian assistant and the black maid are also caricatures. He's reprising his role in Entourage, and they both do a good low brow job. The male lead is OK, but the least interesting of the bunch. He has an evil, status conscious girlfriend who's actress is pretty good.
The main character and the Zuckerbergesque male lead sleep together in the pilot. It looks like they're destined to be together, but that will have to be postponed for as many seasons as possible if the show isn't cancelled, a la Moonlighting. Three's Company type shenanigans ensue, but slightly more risqué.