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News, reviews and my appearances in various media outlets.
I know, you weren’t expecting this, but Military Times have reviewed our documentary Theaters of War. Davis Winkie, who did…
Henri invited Matt and I on his podcast to discuss Theaters of War (though Matt drops in about halfway through…
Matt and I were recently invited on the Dangerous History podcast to discuss our documentary Theaters of War. We talk…
Jonathan Cook wrote up a very complimentary review of Theaters of War for Middle East Eye recently, that summarises the…
A listener kindly alerted me to how Spy Culture was flagged up on a recent episode of the Struggle Session…
Alan MacLeod put together a feature for MintPress on the Top Gun: Maverick documents, and how film is military recruitment…
Scott Horton invited me on his show to discuss the relationship between the Pentagon and Top Gun: Maverick. We outline…
Theaters of War director Roger Stahl recently wrote an op-ed that came out in the Los Angeles Times today, looking…
I recently spoke with Steve Rose for his feature in the Guardian about Top Gun: Maverick, and the Pentagon’s entertainment…
The Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017 killed 23 people and injured over 1,000. On the fifth anniversary of the…
Top Gun: Maverick’s official premiere at Cannes this week has provoked renewed interest in the Hollywood – military relationship. I…
BookAuthority – a website purporting to be an authority, or possibly the authority, on books has placed Superheroes, Movies and…
In one of our more raucous and totally unscripted appearances, Matt and I were recently on Historic.ly, a podcast devoted…
First the CIA tried to block the public from being exposed to its dirty deeds—but now the strategy has shifted…
Today I joined William Ramsey of William Ramsey Investigates to discuss some of the weird and wonderful things in the…
While Amazon’s new Reacher series may not have enjoyed the support of any of the usual suspects in the state-sponsored…
Something I found while flicking through Production Weekly (a Hollywood newsletter that charts in-production TV and films) is that the…
Roger alerted me to a recent article in Jacobin Mag about how Spider-Man’s working class origins have been thoroughly subverted…
In the latest in our ongoing series of film reviews, research and analysis discussions Henri from Fortress on a Hill…
My new book Superheroes, Movies and the State: How the US Government Shapes Cinematic Universes is now available. Co-authored with…
We all know that Hollywood is a bit cash-strapped due to lockdown-related COVID-influenced box office problems, but even I was…
The guys from Fortress on a Hill had me back on to discuss the case of Clint Lorance – an…
Britain’s Security Service, commonly known as MI5, joined the social media app Instagram a few days ago with the apparent…
Matt and Luke of the Sci-Fi Sanctuary invited me back to talk about the late 90s NSA and CIA-supported thriller…
In the latest of our regular film reviews, Henri and Keagan from Fortress on a Hill and I tackled 1998’s…
I recently joined Henri of Fortress on a Hill to complete our discussion on Oliver Stone’s Vietnam war trilogy, this…
My misadventures with celebrity journalism continued recently as Asia Times published something of a hit piece deriding me for daring…
Jon and Matt invited me on their podcast In the Context of Empire recently to discuss National Security Cinema and…
That most reputable of tabloids, The Sun recently published an article about Angelina Jolie’s relationship with the CIA, based almost…