Media
And the Oscar goes to ... the Pentagon!
Can you feel it? At least one-third of blockbuster films substantially featuring the military were likely produced with DoD support
February 28, 2025
hollywood
Media
Dr. Kurosawa (and how we can learn to fear the bomb again)
When did they stop making movies about nuclear armageddon?
February 01, 2025
Military Industrial Complex
Space Force wants to 'Fly Me to the Moon'
It's mission may be to militarize the galaxy, but right now the branch hopes the new Johansson-Channing film will bring it a 'Top Gun moment'
August 02, 2024
Military Industrial Complex
Behind every scene in Top Gun, War Inc. steps up to take its bows
Entertaining? Yes. But also a certified fresh start for the military industrial complex, which gets a starring role.
June 02, 2022
Europe
'Rambo' rides again? Switching roles and purifying souls in Ukraine
Like the third installment of the Stallone series, America is trying to reimagine itself while never acknowledging failures of the past.
March 28, 2022
Europe
'Munich' is a lost opportunity to rewrite the wrong lessons of appeasement
The film fails to make the broader strategic critique: that states that are in no position to fight, shouldn't — or risk losing it all.
January 25, 2022
Load more