Pearse of PPR arranged this roundtable discussion with filmmaker Jon Ryman, inspired by his documentary White Widow: The Samantha Lewthwaite…
Read More
Blog
News, reviews and my appearances in various media outlets.
Guillermo Jimenez of Demanufacturing Consent on BFP and Traces of Reality and I talked about the forthcoming Hollywood adaptation of the…
Pearse Redmond invited me back on his show again to talk about the black comedy film Four Lions, a British…
Guy Evans of the Smells Like Human Spirit podcast invited me back on his show to discuss the DOD film list that…
A special roundtable discussion podcast between Aaron Franz of theageoftransitions, Adam of cerebralrevolt and myself discussing computer games, their origins, their…
The story of the relationship between intelligence agencies and illusionists in the entertainment industry is a long one. It goes…
Born: 13 August 1899 Died: 29 April 1980 Intelligence involvement: Believed he was spied on by the FBI during or…
Born: 2 September 1887 Died: 27 February 1970 Intelligence involvement: Worked for the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6) during WW1 and was director…
Born: 24 March 1873 Died: 5 November 1925 Intelligence involvement: Worked for British Special Branch, the Secret Service Bureau and the Secret…
Born: 13 May 1935 Died: n/a Intelligence involvement: 27 year career in MI5, Director General of MI5 1992-1996 Culture involvement: Author…
The Oscar nominations have been announced and despite much hope on this side of the pond there is no place…
Born: 25 January 1874 Died: 16 December 1965 Intelligence involvement: Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during World War One. Culture involvement:…
Born: 31 October 1910 Died: 20 March 1990 Intelligence involvement: Worked for MI5 during World War Two. Culture involvement: N/A…
Born: 25 August 1938 Died: N/A Intelligence involvement: Occasional work for MI6. Served in the RAF. Culture involvement: Author of…
Born: 25 April 1850 Died: 1 February 1918 Intelligence involvement: Superintendent of Scotland Yard Special Branch (1893-1903), Secret Service Bureau…
Born: 28 May 1908 Died: 12 August 1964 Intelligence involvement: British Naval Intelligence. Possible work for MI5. Culture involvement: Author…
27/12/2012 Buried in the Boxing Day news is a story about the ISC (the Intelligence and Security Committee, who supposedly…
Skyfall, the latest film in the James Bond franchise has so far been a huge commercial and critical success. Heralded…
I was alerted to this story via an anonymous text message I received last night from an unknown number, but…
A newly released study from Otago University in New Zealand shows that Quantum of Solace was over twice as violent…