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How Hollywood And The Pentagon Collude To Cover Up Military Sex Crimes
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 12/11/2019 - 07:19Sexual assault in the U.S. military is on the rise. Internal documents reveal the Pentagon’s entertainment liaison offices have spent...
ClandesTime 198 – The Day Shall Come
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 12/09/2019 - 05:26The Day Shall Come is the latest film from Chris Morris, the maker of Four Lions, and tells the story...
Black Widow the Latest Marvel-Military Collaboration
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 12/05/2019 - 08:42For anyone hoping that the end of phase 3 of the MCU would bring some respite from the relentless schedule...
‘We Can’t Rewrite History in a PC Way’ – Pentagon file on Pearl Harbor
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 12/03/2019 - 05:54Pentagon File on Under Siege (1992) Reveals How to Punk the Entertainment Liaison Offices
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 12/02/2019 - 05:50Under Siege is by far the second best Steven Seagal movie, but untold until now is the story of how...
Disney Swag and the ‘Quid Pro Quo’ on Pearl Harbor
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 11/30/2019 - 08:27The military support on Pearl Harbor was extensive, including mothballed battleships being towed around, access to bases in Hawaii and...
Spies, a Japanese Dentist and Pearl Harbor
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 11/28/2019 - 11:34I’ve been spending some more time going through the Pentagon Film Office file on Pearl Harbor and among the numerous...
‘Navy nurses were proper ladies and proper ladies did not get “horny” in 1941’ – DOD File on Pearl Harbor
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 11/27/2019 - 08:11Pearl Harbor (2001) is the perfect example of how to spend a lot of money making a terrible film. Beset...
Subscriber Podcast #36 – The LAPD’s Hollywood Office
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 11/24/2019 - 09:25Just like many federal agencies the Los Angeles Police Department have a dedicated entertainment liaison office for dealing with Hollywood....
Spy Culture in Grayzone and Mint Press News
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 11/23/2019 - 06:23Just a quickie to highlight some of the coverage resulting from my investigation and analysis of Amazon’s Jack Ryan and...
NPR Censors Their Podcast To Cover Up for US Govt Censorship
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 11/22/2019 - 08:37Yesterday, NPR’s podcast Marketplace released a new episode titled How Chinese censorship changed “Top Gun” (and the rest of Hollywood)....
‘The Film Respected the Military and Federal Government’ – DOD File on Patriot Games
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 11/20/2019 - 06:301992’s Patriot Games was supported by both the Pentagon and the CIA, filming at Langley and the US Naval Academy...
[Video] Jack Ryan, the CIA and Venezuela
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 11/18/2019 - 05:30
A video essay presenting my breakdown of Amazon's Jack Ryan, including how the CIA, DOD and other US government agencies were involved in producing it. I outline some of the history between the government and Tom Clancy productions before breaking down how seasons 1 and 2 are propaganda for US foreignJack Ryan, Midway, and For All Mankind
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 11/10/2019 - 12:55
It has been another curious week of half-truths, spin and outright falsehood as culture commentators get to grips with recent releases Jack Ryan (on Amazon), For all Mankind (on Apple TV) and Midway (in theaters now).
The Politics and Censorship of Video Games
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 11/04/2019 - 09:22
A recent report in Newsweek’s NewsGeek section has drawn attention to how video games, just like other forms of entertainment, can carry political messages.ClandesTime 197 – The Spycops Scandal
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 11/03/2019 - 05:33
For decades undercover British intelligence officers have infiltrated almost every notable political movement in the UK. In this episode I talk to Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist who has written extensively about this topic.Swearing, Drugs and Ethnic Stereotypes: Why the US Military Rejected Good Morning, Vietnam
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 10/30/2019 - 05:29
Good Morning, Vietnam is perhaps the most popular Vietnam war film ever made.US Coast Guard’s Hollywood Office Takes 3 YEARS to Release 20 Pages of Documents
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 10/28/2019 - 06:56
In March 2016 I put in a FOIA request with the US Coast Guard. Several appeals, a lot of ignored emails and well over three years later they finally released just 20 pages of documents on the activities of their entertaiClandesTime 196 – The Final Countdown
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 10/26/2019 - 08:07
The Final Countdown is a classic of good bad cinema, featuring an aircraft carrier that goes through a wormhole and goes back in time to the day before Pearl Harbor was attacked. In this episode I review and analyse the film, which benefited from full DOD support.How the Hot Shots! Producers Tried (and Failed) to Fool the Pentagon
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 10/24/2019 - 06:21
In March 1991 the producers of Hot Shots!MI5 (Wrongly) Suspected Odeon Cinema Chain of Being Front for Commie Spies
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 10/23/2019 - 05:38
A 1940s MI5 file shows that British intelligence suspected that the Odeon chain of cinemas was a front organisation providing cover for Soviet spies to get into the UK. Proving once again that it is the intelligence services who are the biggeJack Ryan Star John Krasinski Tries to Dispell Allegations of Propaganda
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 10/22/2019 - 10:21
With just a week to go before season 2 of Amazon's Jack Ryan is released and the eponymous star John Krasinski has tried to downplay allegations that the show is propaganda for a US coup or war in Venezuela. In an interview he trie‘While the Script is Somewhat Clichéd, We Are Not Movie Critics’ – DOD Memo on The Heroes of Desert Storm
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 10/22/2019 - 05:39
There aren't very many films about the first Gulf War, which is ironic because if ever there was a war for PR purposes, that was it. While Jarhead and Three Kings were rejected by the Pentagon's Hollywood officeSubscriber Podcast #35 – China, Censorship and South Park
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 10/20/2019 - 10:59
Over the last few weeks a storm has been brewing about the ChinesVietnam Bans a Movie, But Somehow It is China’s Fault?
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 10/14/2019 - 08:23
Today's entertainment news features an absolute gem of political hypocrisy: Vietnam's one party 'Communist' state has banned the animated kids' movie Abominable, and the Western media are heralding the decision, claiming that Vietnam are standing up to China's censorious one party 'Communist' state. This is perhaps the dumbest employmenEx-MI6 Boss Says he Wouldn’t Have Allowed Skyfall to Blow Up MI6 HQ
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 10/09/2019 - 05:53
Former head of MI6 and Iraq War criminal Sir Richard Dearlove continued his recent speight of complaining about everything by claiming that he was never told that the producers of several Bond films had been granted permission to film the MI6 headquarters at Vauxhall ClandesTime 195 – The New Cultural Cold War
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 10/08/2019 - 06:58
The original Cultural Cold War has been the subject of numerous books and articles on both sides of the divide, but the new version has been almost entirely ignored.Did the Pentagon Support Venezuela Coup Porn Jack Ryan Season 2?
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 10/07/2019 - 17:04
As prep for my forthcoming video on Amazon's Jack Ryan as next-gen propaganda I've been keeping an eye on promotions and events around the launch of season two in November. The first episode was shown at New York Comic-Con a few days ago, and at a panel discThe Film Censorship Cold War — China vs the US
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 10/04/2019 - 12:48
Recently, Martha Bayles of The Atlantic published a hilariously misleading essay calling for Hollywood to produce more pro-American propaganda, in the face of the Chinese government’s increased role in the entertainment industry.Ex-MI6 Boss Blasts Le Carré’s Spy Novels, Even Though MI6 Vetted Most of Them
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 10/01/2019 - 06:36
Former MI6 chief Richard Dearlove has criticised spy author John Le Carré for his 'nihilistic' and 'corrosive' view of British intelligence, even though Le Carré submitted all of his early novels to MI6 for them to review prior to publication. This appears Even the US Army Warned of Violence at the Joker Premiere But So Far, So Good
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/30/2019 - 12:02
For weeks the internet has been awash with claims, rumours, scuttlebutt and hearsay about some kind of shooting at the premiere of the new Joker movie. Even the US Army sent out a memo saying they'd received a 'credible threatClandesTime 194 – Oliver Stone’s JFK
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 09/29/2019 - 05:19
This week, I welcome to the show author and friend James Oddy to discuss the JFK assassination case and its treatment in the Oliver Stone movie JFK. We look at the psychological and political consequences of the assassination, as well as the political and cultural impact of the film.Napalm, Ambushes and Russian Roulette: Why the Pentagon Rejected The Deer Hunter
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 09/26/2019 - 05:56
The epic war drama The Deer Hunter won five Oscars, despite the central conceit and metaphor of the film being inaccurate. This conceit - that the Viet Cong forced American prisoners of war to play Russian Roulette - is the main reason the fMecha-Marines: US Marine Corps Developing Aliens-style Exoskeleton
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/23/2019 - 07:09
The US military’s attempts to duplicate action movie technology took another leap recently as the Guardian XO robotic exoskeleton waSubscriber Podcast #34 – Anti-Capitalist Pop Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 09/22/2019 - 13:43
Why is it that capitalist economies and cultures produce anti-capitalist productsROI: Does the Pentagon Fund Movies?
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 09/20/2019 - 07:48
One of the most common conspiracy theories you hear in this line of research is that the Pentagon and CIA fund Hollywood movies. This isn't entirely untrue - the CIA covertly funded productions of Animal Farm and 1984 in the early Cold War period - but on the whole, it is untrue. In all the many thousands of documenRevolving Doors: Technical Advisors and The Entertainment-Propaganda Complex
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 09/18/2019 - 10:37
The role of the technical advisor is crucial to understanding the military-Hollywood relationship, but very few people know who these people are or what they do. Even less well known is that a significant number of private industry techniClandesTime 193 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: Aukai Collins
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 09/15/2019 - 06:14
In 1998 the CIA got an opportunity to infiltrate one of their spies into the Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan, but turned it down. This week, I examine the autobiography of that spy – Aukai Collins, an American jihadi who became a deep cover agent for the FBI and CIA.New Jack Ryan Trailer Illustrates Western Hypocrisy Over Arms Trade
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/09/2019 - 06:52
The latest trailer for Amazon Prime's Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is a perfect illustration of Western double standards and hypocrisy over the global arms trade. As I predicted in an earlier article, the plotline centres on Venezuela and in all likClandesTime 192 – The Cinema of the Navy SEALs
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 09/08/2019 - 06:27
The US Navy SEALs are known as the ‘quiet professionals’, but in recent times they have become the highest-profile of all US special forces.The US Navy Supported Captain Phillips – One of the Most Inaccurate Movies I’ve Ever Seen
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 09/07/2019 - 05:46
Captain Phillips tells the story of the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama - a US container ship - off the coast of Somalia, and the subsequent US Navy intervention that killed three of the pirates and arrested the fourth. It is also one of the least historically accurate filmsDisney’s Star Wars, the Military and the Worst Hats I’ve Ever Seen
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 09/06/2019 - 06:25
Walt Disney World Resort’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens this week - 14 acres of Star Wars experience for those who want to waste their money on plastic replicas of pod racers, Jar Jar Binks masks and hair dye so they can look like Vice Admiral GenderAct of Valor: When the US Navy Commissioned one of the Worst Films Ever Made
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 09/06/2019 - 04:40
2012's Act of Valor is widely recognised as the terrible, dull, depressing, futile piece of cinema that it surely is, but what is less well-recognised is that it was the brainchild of the US Navy's Special Warfare Recruiting Directorate, and they hThe DOD and Lone Survivor
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 09/05/2019 - 05:18
Lone Survivor is a piece of absolute militaristic schlock, starring the whiny-voiced Marky Mark Wahlberg as Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell - the only survivor of Operation Red Wings, a 2005 special forces joint operation in the summer of 2005. Over 100 pages of Navy documents show their heavy involvement in the film and how they covered How the Pentagon Rewrote GI Jane
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 09/04/2019 - 04:44
GI Jane is a crude, clumsy attempt to show a 'woman's perspective' on being in the military, that ruined Demi Moore's career as a leading lady. Little known until now is how the Pentagon negotiated with Ridley Scott to rewrite the script, and even though the film didn't qualify for military support some of the scrClint Eastwood and the Geneva Conventions
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 09/03/2019 - 05:20
One issue that comes up repeatedly in the script changes enforced by the Pentagon is war crimes, and other violations of the Geneva Conventions. As is so often the case I'm left thinking 'if only the DOD applied the same rules to real life wars as they do to the depiction of wars iBorn on the 4th of July – Tom on Fortress on a Hill
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/02/2019 - 04:46
In the second part of our discussion (following Combat Obscura), Henri, Keagan and I talked about the 1989 Oliver Stone classic Born on the 4th of July. Based on the real life experiences of Ron Kovic, we charted the film's development in the late 70s and into the 80ClandesTime 191 – The ‘Disguised’ Political Film in Hollywood
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 09/01/2019 - 06:20
Why isn’t the ‘political film’ a genre of cinema? Hollywood puts out a consistent stream of politically-themed films, but rarely if ever promotes them as such.Schlock ex Machina – Is Godzilla: King of the Monsters the Dumbest Movie Ever?
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 08/27/2019 - 09:34
I was looking forward to Godzilla: King of the Monsters, having been a fan of giant creature features since I was a young boy. The blend of massive-scale action and affirming our need to respect nature is a winning combination for me. Then I watched itClandesTime 190 – Karl Rove and the Cultural Impact of 9/11
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 08/25/2019 - 10:58
In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, President Bush’s chief spin doctor and senior advisor Karl Rove enlisted Hollywood’s help in selling the War on Terror.