Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 cinematic war film that delves into the harsh realities of the Vietnam War. The movie is a two-part narrative that explores the transformation of ordinary men into soldiers ...

Taken by actor Matthew Modine as he played Pvt. Joker in the iconic war film, the backstage pictures are at the center of a ...

Matthew Modine's famous helmet featured on the "Full Metal Jacket" movie poster was sanitized by Amazon. Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection It was a sacrilegious scrubbing. Last week, actor ...

Modine compared each director metaphorically to how one approaches sex. "I guess you could say that every director makes love, but they all do it a little bit differently, right?" he said. "We all ...

Welcome to That One Scene, a semi-regular series in which Task & Purpose senior reporter James Clark waxes nostalgic about that one scene from a beloved movie. Few films capture the spirit of Marine ...

R. Lee Ermey, the tough-talking Marine Corps sergeant turned actor best known for his role as a foul-mouthed Vietnam-era drill instructor in “Full Metal Jacket,” died Sunday from complications of ...

Washington – Donald Trump is embracing perhaps Hollywood's most memorable drill sergeant to portray his vision of a hardened military and mock the Biden administration's embrace of the LGBTQ+ ...