Tripwire is the third book in author Lee Child’s series centered on the character of Jack Reacher. The books in the series really stand on their own, as each takes place in […]
Written by Graham Greene, Christopher Hampton, and Robert SchenkkanDirected by Phillip Noyce Prior to his Hollywood renaissance, Brendan Fraser was an actor who made me scratch my head. He could be very […]
Written by Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, and Stanley KubrickDirected by Stanley Kubrick Full Metal Jacket is almost two movies in one. The first half deals with Marines going through boot camp at […]
Written by Mitch Markowitz and Adrian CronauuerDirected by Barry Levinson Robin Williams is Adrian Cronauer. He’s a member of the Air Force who had a radio show in Greece that garnered the […]
Written by Oliver StoneDirected by Oliver Stone It’s hard to merge the image of writer and director Oliver Stone with the fact that he was once a soldier. He actually dropped out […]
Written by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, and Louis GarfinkleDirected by Michael Cimino I grew up in the shadow of the Vietnam war. The time I came of age in was before the […]
My mother received a phone call the other day from an online friend of hers. Her husband, who had served in the Navy in Vietnam and been stationed on a boat patrolling […]
Written by Ron Kovic and Oliver StoneDirected by Oliver Stone As great as our education system was on Long Island, where I grew up, I never had the opportunity in school to […]
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