Files on government involvement in popular culture, from the CIA in Hollywood to the Pentagon and reality TV. I obtained these documents via FOIA requests and from various archives.
Former DOD entertainment liaison Phil Strub once called Oliver Stone ‘the King of self-appointed blacklisted film makers’, but what does…
The Hollywood Arms Race took another step towards mutually assured cultural oblivion this week, as the #BoycottMulan movement grew and…
In my latest article for Shadowproof I delve into the Department of Homeland Security’s Hollywood office, which works on everything…
Ted Cruz has always been a rich dumbass but his latest legislative venture breaks his own record of cretinous behaviour. …
From the WTF? files comes something I missed when it actually happened but was made aware of by the latest…
It is often hard for journalists to know whether they’re making an impact and whether their work has any purpose…
MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the…
Henry ‘Hank’ Crumpton is a former CIA operations man who has made numerous appearances on Charlie Rose, 60 Minutes and…
One of the most harmless films to be rejected by the US military is 1996’s Sgt. Bilko, based on the…
The mass media feeding frenzy over the spread of coronavirus has sparked a range of predictable but weirdly connected consequences. …
The raunchy military girls comedy Private Benjamin wasn’t a good movie but it is widely and quite fondly remembered by…
13 Hours and Jack Ryan star John Krasinski gave another interview recently where he claimed that appearing in cryptoconservative propaganda…
