Sentences with phrase «about war vets»

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While this is certainly a message that few would find fault with, with better films about the experience of combat vets returning home, setting the film up in the Iraq War and then delivering manipulative and mawkish drama where realistic portrayals should be isn't the way to go about it.

It is World War II, and grizzled combat vet Sgt. Don «Wardaddy» Collier (Brad Pitt) is teaching scared rookie Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman) about the horrors of battle.

This dramatic and introspective Canadian movie about a Civil War vet making his way through a zombie apocalypse plays like a 19th century feature film version of The Walking Dead.

It's about three ageing Vietnam vets — played by Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne and Steve Carell — transporting the body of a soldier killed in the Iraq War through the northeastern states in the grip of winter.

These three add a level of class to a film about four mental patients — a child molester, a deranged war vet, a psycho preacher and someone known only as «The Bleeder» — who escape their asylum and attack the family of a new psychiatrist, whom they mistakenly believe killed their old doctor.

Korean War vet Lucas (Mitchum) returns home and sets about working for his family's moonshine business, making perilous deliveries in a modified hot rod.

Ramsay retreated to Santorini, Greece and began writing, and within less than a year's time, adapted Jonathan Ames» novella You Were Never Really Here about a PTSD Gulf War vet / former FBI agent - turned - addled assassin who gets hired to bust a senator's daughter out of a sex - trafficking ring.

The opening - night film is Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying, a dramedy about aging Vietnam vets reuniting after many years to attend the funeral of one of man's son, who was killed in the Iraq war.

The Post uses the Vietnam War as it's starting point with Matthew Rhys as Daniel, a vet who witnesses government officials lying about the progress being made overseas.

Loot (Unrated) Buried treasure reality flick about a couple of blind, World War II vets who enlist the assistance of a sighted guide to search for the priceless gems and other contraband they hid over 60 years earlier while stationed in Austria and the Philippines.

Josh Ritter, BRIGHT»S PASSAGE (Dial Press) This fable - like first novel from singer - songwriter Ritter is about a World War I vet in Appalachia who has lost his wife and must care for their baby.

The novel is on sale June 28 from The Dial Press, and it's about a World War I vet in Appalachia who has lost his wife and must care for their baby.

So while we sit lemonade, play polo and go on about our business living the illusion of freedom, what do you say to our returning troops who can not find support from our country, our homeless vets, where the suicide rate from returning vets in Iraq is the highest it's ever been in war history, funds for their rehab is either null or shamefully deficient.

The reason I'm thinking about this and sharing it here on TreeHugger is because every time I see one of these, I can't help but wonder, why is there not a similar video of a passionate teen or war vet or any potential voter challenging these Republicans about climate change?

Vets may contact 1 -877-222-VETS for more information about the class action lawsuit for the Iraqi and Afghanistan War veterans.