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Phil Strub has died, and since I’ve somehow found myself breaking this story I thought I’d let you know how...
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Pissing off the US government is not the aim of what I do here, but it is what you might...

1996’s Independence Day is corny, schlocky, nationalistic and pro-nuclear weapons. So how did it end up being rejected by the...
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When it comes to rolling over in response to demands from the world’s most powerful military, many film makers are...

Steven Spielberg’s 2005 alien invasion adventure War of the Worlds helped kick off the recent string of military-supported extraterrestrial war...
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Black operations make the world go round, and have become the subject of major movies and TV, from Jack Ryan...

All the waves made by Don’t Look Up have missed one key landmark – the Pentagon supported the movie.  Unlike...
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In November 1983 ABC aired The Day After – a one-off TV movie depicting a nuclear war between NATO and...
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Tom Hanks is perhaps the last of the classic Hollywood leading men, and has starred in some of the most...
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The Department of Homeland Security is one of the biggest agencies of the US government, and has a highly active...