From ‘The Manchurian Candidate' to ‘The Day of the Jackal': Why Hollywood Has an Appetite for Assassination Tales
The recent assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan follows two assassination attempts on president ...
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The Manchurian Candidate
"If you come in five minutes after this picture begins," run the advertisements for The Manchurian Candidate, "you won't know what it's all about." And, in fact, a latecomer would enter in the ...
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Donald Trump is Not the ‘Manchurian Candidate’
In The Manchurian Candidate, the whole thing was at least done in secret as you’d expect. With impeachment itself on the table, Mueller has done little more than issue the equivalent of parking ...
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Donald Trump and Meryl Streep are connected through 'The Manchurian Candidate'
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California’s Manchurian Candidate
Following China’s ban last week on the export of rare minerals, it’s clear that Gavin Newsom’s global diplomacy has made Californians — and all Americans — more vulnerable. Music by ...
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An under-appreciated Denzel Washington thriller is being rediscovered on Netflix
The movie has arrived on Netflix at the perfect time. The 2004 Denzel Washington-starring psychological political thriller ...
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The Manchurian Candidate
For a long time John Frankenheimer's film was not viewable. Frank Sinatra saw to that. Shaken by the assassination of President Kennedy, Sinatra said he didn't wish to exploit a thriller about ...