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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 ...

Get ready to head back to the Persian Gulf War, as one of the most underrated war films of the 21st century has found a new streaming home: Universal Pictures' Jarhead, the 2005 film starring Jake ...

"Jarhead" is a war movie about a generation of soldiers who grew up watching war movies - which only reminds us how superior those first films were. "Apocalypse Now," "The Deer Hunter," "Platoon," ...

Rahul Malhotra is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has been writing for Collider for over two years, and has covered everything ...

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, ...