
Henry ‘Hank’ Crumpton is a former CIA operations man who has made numerous appearances on Charlie Rose, 60 Minutes and…
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.
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 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…
In 1988, several years prior to the highly successful JAG TV show, DOD representatives met with writers and producers to…
The Pentagon did not provide production support to the movie Independence Day because it portrayed the military as ineffective against…
A recent social media post shows that when it comes to Top Gun: Maverick the US Navy are protective of…
In 2011 the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office granted unprecedented access to consulates in Spain for the TV documentary/reality series…
One of the nice things about searching through documents and databases of government-supported films is that I get to read…
Rambo: First Blood and Commando are almost twin movies, both centring on a highly skilled military veteran on some sort…
The Vietnam war drama Platoon was recently inducted into the US Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, in recognition for…
For anyone hoping that the end of phase 3 of the MCU would bring some respite from the relentless schedule…