The Manchurian Candidate

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The Manchurian Candidate

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Jul 28, 2014

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The T100P passes the halfway point with podcast #62, a paranoid, sweaty thriller. It’s also a satire, one that can see the humour in brainwashing, political power-grabs and multiple murders. Fantastic film. Check out our chat!

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Jul 28, 2014

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Ryan and Bev Ellis are partners in film nerdery who share their often humorous musings on the AFI's 1998 & 2007 lists of the greatest 100 American films ever made. But we finished with that in December 2015, so now we just review anything we feel like!

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