Reviews

November, 2005

Review: Moviesmovie of the monthJARHEADDirector Sam Mendes walks a political tightropeAs awards season comes around, Hollywood traditionally rolls out its biggest guns. Jarhead, the new Gulf war movie from Oscar-winning American Beauty director Sam Mendes, comes barreling in fully loaded with firepower. Based on Anthony Swofford's irreverent, lacerating memoir of his Marine Corps experience during the first Persian Gulf invasion, the coming-of-age saga features Jake Gyllenhaal as Swoff, a third-...