Tag: Panic
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Why Is ‘The Simpsons’ Obsessed With This Weird Nazi Movie?
By the 1960s, the Cold War had inspired countless B-movies and creature features that embodied the Western fear of a looming threat from the East. Some films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Panic in Year Zero more obviously addressed the fear of the times, marketing their films as “doubly shocking because it…
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How ‘West Side Story’ Breakout Mike Faist Made an Iconic Role His Own, ‘Expectations Be Damned’
It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact moment that Mike Faist becomes a movie star in Steven Spielberg’s glorious “West Side Story,” if only because every moment the Tony nominee appears on the big screen seems all but lit with a giant sign flashing, “This guy is it!” Whatever it is, he has it, tearing into…
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West Side Story Star Mike Faist On Playing Riff & The ‘Jet-Tivities’ Weekend [Interview]
Mike Faist is no stranger to musicals. He originated the role of Connor Murphy in the Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for best featured actor in a musical. He also originated the role of Morris Delancey in Disney’s “Newsies.” He’s been in films like “The Unspeakable…
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‘First Cow’s’ John Magaro Leads Ensemble Cast of Southern Thriller ‘All the Names We Buried’ (Exclusive)
Originally planned to shoot in early 2020, before Covid-19 lockdowns made that an impossibility, producer-turned-director Thomas Torrey’s “All the Names We Buried” is pitching in the Proof of Concept section of the Frontieres Platform at the Cannes Marché du Film, looking to reignite the project’s pre-covid buzz and recuperate lost financing. In a move likely…
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‘Panic’ Review: Teens Face Deadly Dares in a Bizarrely Tangled Amazon Drama
The hard thing about town-wide conspiracies is that you need buy-in from a lot of people. To keep one going like the one in the new Amazon Prime Video series “Panic” means an impossibly concentrated effort on the part of just about everyone involved. In “Panic,” the high schoolers in a small Texas town called…