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Gary Susman

25 Things You Didn't Know About 'Full Metal Jacket'

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 06.28.2012
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"Full Metal Jacket," which opened 25 years ago this week (on June 26, 1987), is many things: a surreal (or hyperreal) movie about the Vietnam War, a c...

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The Horror! The Horror! Must-See War Films

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.01.2012
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John W. Whitehead

Here are 12 war films that touch on modern warfare (from the First World War onward) and run the gamut of conflicts and human emotions, centering on the core issues often at work in the nasty business of war.

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