Feature Films

‘Full Medal Modine’ Photo Exhibit at the Museum of the Marine Corps

February 27, 2024

An exhibit of photographs taken by the actor Matthew Modine during the filming of Stanley Kubrick's classic 1987 Vietnam War film "Full Metal Jacket" opens March 2 at the National Museum of the Marine Corps…

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Frederick Forrest, 1936-2023

June 28, 2023

The actor Frederic Forrest, who died on June 23 at 86, had a long career on the stage and screen. Most of the many newspaper and online obituaries highlighted his Oscar-nominated role as the limo…

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The Not-So-Greatest Beer Run Movie Ever Made

October 7, 2022

You can count the number of Vietnam War Hollywood comedies on one hand and still have enough fingers left to heft a beer bottle to your lips. The first—the Robin Williams-showcase Good Morning, Vietnam—burst into…

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Kevin Hardy’s War Movie Review Blog

September 20, 2022

Retired history teacher Kevin Hardy is a prolific writer who specializes in reviews of war movies. Hardy, who lives in New Iberia, Louisiana, has written scores of in-depth and incisive reviews and essays about American…

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Winston Francis Groom, Jr., 1943-2020

September 18, 2020

Winston Groom, the prolific writer best known as the creator of Forrest Gump, died September 17 in Fairhope, Alabama, his family announced. He was 77. No cause of death was given. Groom grew up in…

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Komunyakaa on ‘Da Five Bloods’

July 17, 2020

Yusef Komunyakaa, the renowned poet who served a 1969-70 Vietnam War tour of duty as an Army journalist with the Americal Division's Southern Cross newspaper, gives his take on Da Five Bloods, the new Spike…

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There’s a Lot Going on in Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’

June 12, 2020

Review by Marc Leepson, Arts Editor and Senior Writer It’s no coincidence that six songs from Marvin Gaye’s 1971 album, “What’s Going On,” including the anthem-like title tune, are part of the soundtrack of Spike…

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‘The Last Full Measure’: What is Real and What is Not

January 27, 2020

Review by Marc Leepson, VVA Veteran Arts Editor and Senior Writer  The Last Full Measure, the fact-based Vietnam War-heavy movie that opened nationwide on January 24, 2020, features a five-pack of big-time Baby Boomer male…

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New Aussie Vietnam War film: ‘Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan’

September 18, 2019

"Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan" is an exceedingly rare 21st-century breed: an in-country Vietnam War movie. Even rarer, this one tells an Australian Vietnam War story. The film came out Down Under in…

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Dale Dye Continues to Gain Accolades

August 14, 2019

Retired Marine Capt. Dale Dye, who received the VVA Excellence in the Arts Award at the 1997 National Convention in Kansas City for all but re-inventing the art of military technology advising in Hollywood, received…

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