Full Metal Jacket

June 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dunkirk

A harrowing new World War II classic

"...the pantheon of great war films, alongside Das Boot, Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, and The Final Countdown...."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Up Too Early

Google Streetview fashion critique from 24th and Guadalupe

"....45 slug to the head at the end of Full Metal Jacket...."

June 28, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Warfare

Brutally realistic depiction of a real-life mission in Iraq

"...When Stanley Kubrick released Full Metal Jacket, one of the most common criticisms was..."

April 11, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

There's Something About Kubrick

"...Kubrick's last film before Eyes Wide Shut was 1987's Full Metal Jacket). Love him or hate him, Kubrick and..."

July 23, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

47 Meters Down

It's this year's The Shallows (but not as good)

"...Modine (who hasn’t looked this ambiguous since appearing in Full Metal Jacket with the words “Born to Kill” on..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Is Here To Bash Your Brains In

Shock, schlock, and awe at America's premier genre fest

"...Zack Carlson. "They were thinking of something with a nu-metal soundtrack that would show how intense and insane these..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Jumbo

True love this wild and weird romance between a woman and her fairground ride

"...of all rides that she crafts out of scrap metal) is matched by her meekness and inability to connect..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

For 2001, a Kubrick Odyssey

In this biographical film documentary, legendary film director Stanley Kubrick is exposed by his brother-in-law and frequent collaborator Jan Harlan for the artist and family man he was.

"...A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), and Full Metal Jacket (1987). If you have any doubt about..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Junior High Spy

"...while. I guess that was about the time that Full Metal Jacket came out and I was thinking it..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Moffie

Brutality and sexual awakening in Apartheid-era South Africa

"...in broad strokes, mind you – it moves from Full Metal Jacket to Platoon with a wish-fulfillment version of..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cherry

The Russos pull the threads between addiction and PTSD

"...of war's beast that mixes the opening act of Full Metal Jacket with the sardonic bloodiness of Jarhead. It's..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Filmworker

Leon Vitali, Kubrick's right-hand man, forever in the maestro's shadow

"...Lyndon (here evocative of a young Tom Hulce); By Full Metal Jacket, the wear and tear of his adoration..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bitter Harvest

In 1930s Ukraine, young lovers fight Stalin and forced starvation

"...usually fantastic Douglas Milsome (of Kubrick’s The Shining and Full Metal Jacket fame) and the inescapable fact that the..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kieran R. Healy's Five Top-Drawer War Movies

Viva the Nam's co-creator talks about his inspirations

"...Full Metal Jacket (1987): Probably the best film on the..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

In this prequel to the original Chainsaw, we learn how Leatherface grew up to become a monster.

"...the epithet-strewn role of Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, but that character has served him very..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ground Truth

Far from being just one more documentary wishing to expose alternative truths about the war in Iraq, Foulkrod's film instead airs some of the hard-won truths learned by American soldiers.

"...these discoveries are true revelations. A pre-recruitment screening of Full Metal Jacket also might have proved revelatory. Short of..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Willard

"...Ichabod Crane frame appears preternaturally aged – even standing fully erect, he seems stooped. Willard is based on the..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...Full Metal Jacket, 7:15pm..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature

The Stanley Kubrick Collection

"...Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

"...Since 1987's Full Metal Jacket, we've heard virtually nothing from Stanley Kubrick...."

Aug. 28, 1998 Screens Feature

Stalingrad

"...the equal of such Hollywood peers as Platoon and Full Metal Jacket. If not better...."

May 10, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFI Review: Jumbo

Love is strange ... when one of you is a fairground ride

"...of all rides that she crafts out of scrap metal) is matched by her meekness and inability to connect..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Metro runs May 25 to Sept. 2. Read the full schedule below and film details pulled from the Paramount's..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film News

Summer shoots, Senate bills, and a few film festivals you should know about; plus, Bob Ivy plays with dolls

"...as well? Horror Web site Bloody-Disgusting.com quotes producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form as saying just that. The producers..."

April 15, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

The LuvDoc chats with Marcus G. Ollington, rock star cartographer

"...can quote huge swaths of movies like Pulp Fiction, Full Metal Jacket, and just about any Monty Python film...."

Aug. 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

The Public Enemy, Nothing Sacred, Battleground

William Wellman's larger-than-life legacy: Reviews of Public Enemy, Nothing Sacred, and Battleground.

"...a case of shell shock and a foot locker full of resentment toward his brother's crooked ways. Nonetheless, the..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...over, just blowing their chops out, while I’m trying full-metal-jacket-style to pull my shit together. And the horn players’d..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, Song to Song

As heard in the movies

"..."Mickey Mouse March," Full Metal Jacket The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series runs..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Books on Film

Driven by street photography and war journalism

"...to write on and influence both Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. I am heavily inspired by works that..."

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

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