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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Furthermore, to add to film’s impracticality, Meg Altman is able to cause a plume of propane gas to ignite from the panic room with impunity, yet the same ignited gas burns the incompetent thief, Junior (Jared Leto), despite the thick wall of concrete and steel between him and Meg. The survival boxes in the panic room contain fire blankets and mouthwash, but no food to alleviate the diabetic daughter’s drop in blood sugar while trapped in the panic room. The plot jerks such movements in such a contrived manner that the audience is able...

Author: By Emily W. Porter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Reason To 'Panic' | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

...supporting characters of the three thieves do not aid Foster in conveying any fear and suspense in the tale. Leto bumbles through his role as Junior, the stereotypical greedy young heir, while Dwight Yoakam tries to cement his cross over from country music to serious acting by squinting his eyes and brandishing a large gun as Raoul, the most diabolical and least developed of the three theives. Forest Whitaker provides one of the few bright spots in an otherwise anemic cast, searching for depth in the character of the conflicted Burnham, the only thief whom writer Koepp seems to have...

Author: By Emily W. Porter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Reason To 'Panic' | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

...them, Junior (Jared Leto), a relative of the eccentric former owner, knows that millions of dollars are still hidden in the house. His nasty surprise is that the house is occupied; he thought the house was still being held in escrow, which would keep it empty longer. The Altmans' nasty surprise is that the loot is hidden in the eponymous Panic Room, the house's steel-encased, supposedly impenetrable retreat of last resort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Home Alone | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) and her addiction to weight-loss pills. Goldfarb's addiction begins when she is informed that she might have the possibility of being on television, which for her represents the only ESCAPE from her loneliness. The other story revolves around Sara's son Harry (Jared Leto), his girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans in a surprisingly serious role). These two LOVERS and their best friend try to find the drug that will lift them out of the ugliness and pain of their existences, in order to give them the economic means...

Author: By Dan Cantagallo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DREAMLOVER: An Interview with Darren Arnofsky | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

...Harry locked his mother in the closet." The first line of Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel, vigorously transposed to film by the venturesome director of [Pi], gets to the essence of two warring addicts: mother Sara (Ellen Burstyn), the Blanche DuBois of Brighton Beach, and her son (Jared Leto). Mom swears by amphetamines and TV hucksters; Harry loves heroin and his desperate girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly). Using the bravery of his actors, and every trick in a smart cineast's book, Aronofsky takes the viewer on a jolting trip through the theme park called Hell. It's a demanding film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Requiem For A Dream | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

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