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For Anthony Swofford, the writer and subject of the book-turned-feature film Jarhead, watching the movie based on his time in Saudi Arabia left him slightly unguarded. “It was really bizarre the first ...

Based on the real-life story of Marine Scout Sniper Anthony Swofford who served during Operation Desert Storm, Jarhead is a 2005 biographical war drama. Directed by Sam Mendes, Jarhead was adapted ...

Whatever else you may want to say about the film version of Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir, "Jarhead," it certainly makes for an unusual war movie -- maybe the only one in which the hero sees ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Jacki Lyden. A soldier goes to war and returns home never the same. That might be the one common experience of all wars, and yet, like fingerprints, ...