The Manchurian Candidate

Published: Nov. 28, 2020, 6:01 a.m.

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE\nNear the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw lauded as a hero. However, the Shaw\u2019s commander, Captain Bennett Marco finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and, together with a fellow soldier, races to uncover a terrible plot.\n\nCraig and guest Co-host Devin Pike (@justdevin on twitter) discuss paranoia, sleeper cells, the Who Needs Sleep telethon and the movie The Manchurian Candidate on this week\u2019s Matinee Heroes!\n\nThis week's episode is sponsored by Matinee Heroes presents CastOFF!\n\nLast week, Game 4 pitted newbies Chaz Evans and Jenn Rohm as they fought to recast The Watchmen. Chaz squeaked out a win secure his position into the next round against Richard Jensen.\n\nThis Tuesday December 1st at 9pmEst 6pmPST Veterans Valerie Cameron and Rob Ervin start the holidays with the dysfunctional family movie The Royal Tenenbaums.\n\nSee who will win this 16-person, single-elimination tournament to name the best Caster on the internet. Go to twitch.tv/matineeheroes or matineeheroes.com/castoff to subscribe to the video stream.\n\nShow Notes\n\n\n \t\n1:12\nCraig and Devin talk about the upcoming Who Needs Sleep telethon on Dec. 5th and 6th and Devin's streaming game show Universal Remote.\n \t\n14:36\nCraig and Devin discuss "The Manchurian Candidate"\n \t\n39:08\nRecasting\n \t\n55:32\nDouble Feature\n \t\n1:00:11\nFinal Thoughts\n \t\n1:04:58\nA preview of next week's episode "Back to the Future"\n\n\n\n\nNext week, Craig and Devin Pike start Holiday Time Travel month with an all-timer "Back to the Future"