http://feed.informer.com/digests/4KVBIQUXLK/feeder Entertainment - Military.com.com Originals Respective post owners and feed distributors Wed, 19 Jul 2023 23:45:32 +0000 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/10/warfare-one-of-best-war-movies-of-post-9-11-era.html Entertainment urn:uuid:a14358fc-3163-6255-cbc8-0b04fab00078 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:17:28 +0000 "Warfare" is a must-see that brings full combat immersion, miles of depth and natural believability, making for one of the best war films of all time. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/09/4-questions-warfare-filmmakers-alex-garland-and-ray-mendoza.html Entertainment urn:uuid:7078b5f7-b6ec-35bf-67fd-9afe2ee64054 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:18:54 +0000 24's "Warfare" has a relatively simple mission: to drop audiences into the chaos of a Navy SEAL mission gone wrong, told in real time and drawn from memory. https://www.military.com/off-duty/4-incredible-uso-programs-us-troops-might-not-know-about.html Entertainment urn:uuid:22f14dfc-7b49-b012-cb82-f2da77c5d7a5 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:26:37 +0000 While boosting morale is the USO’s stock-in-trade, the nonprofit wants service members and families to know they are so much more than their 250 worldwide USO centers and hundreds of thousands of care packages. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/04/08/pbs-award-winning-science-series-nova-looks-revolutionary-war-weapons-week.html Entertainment urn:uuid:a250907b-90da-0d23-ddf2-746c29e97967 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:10:56 +0000 This week, the show travels back to the American Revolution to explore the science of the weapons used by all sides. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/02/val-kilmer-iceman-top-gun-and-hollywoods-most-underrated-leading-man-dies-65.html Entertainment urn:uuid:f4e3e050-7040-70e4-7e35-ada910b9510a Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:19:48 +0000 Beloved actor Val Kilmer wasn't a veteran, but he was part of one of the most unintentionally successful U.S. military recruiting programs ever made: "Top Gun." https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/01/how-comic-legend-mel-brooks-defused-land-mines-during-world-war-ii.html Entertainment urn:uuid:83003f4b-e664-a735-9476-b58009fa341a Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:13:19 +0000 Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his everlasting good fortune, he was not involved in the most intense fighting. Stephen Ruiz https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/04/01/rogue-heroes-best-tv-war-epic-youve-probably-never-heard-of.html Entertainment urn:uuid:e6b9aa4f-adbc-e166-8b3b-0a1314edc0e9 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:50:52 +0000 British showrunner Steven Knight’s criminally overlooked Special Air Service series is a World War II saga unlike any other. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/03/31/real-military-history-behind-new-iraq-war-film-warfare.html Entertainment urn:uuid:637f2213-1469-d3f3-c3f5-e40debab28d9 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:02:10 +0000 The film, based on director and retired Special Warfare Operator First Class Ray Mendoza's real-world experience in the Iraq War, is a gritty, real-time combat action between Navy SEALs and Iraqi insurgents. https://www.military.com/off-duty/books/2025/03/27/id-have-never-done-it-without-marine-corps-life-and-business-lessons-godaddy-founder-bob-parsons.html Entertainment urn:uuid:7f66fb02-814d-3a0a-2206-86102f929192 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:09:48 +0000 Most people wouldn't need to fight a war before starting a business, let alone one of the most iconic dot-com brands ever created. But Bob Parsons is not most people. https://www.military.com/off-duty/9-memorable-bob-hope-stories-told-veterans.html Entertainment urn:uuid:c5c1e5ab-16bb-1cf1-bca8-0d0c4fa1fcb5 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:02:09 +0000 We asked Military.com readers to share their most memorable Bob Hope stories, and they did not disappoint. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/03/21/5-most-realistic-army-movies-according-army-historian.html Entertainment urn:uuid:ecf3d527-7f1f-2128-b399-c580aac9939b Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:56:23 +0000 It might surprise some war movie fans to know that at least one Army historian doesn't think there's anything special about "Saving Private Ryan" -- at least, not beyond its realistic D-Day battle scene. https://www.military.com/discounts/best-military-discounts-streaming-services.html Entertainment urn:uuid:25419cf4-7ade-ffec-149c-a2ebb9850c71 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:55:21 +0000 Some streaming services offer deals by bundling multiple services together, while others offer a cheaper version if you’re willing to watch ads. But several also offer exclusive military deals. https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/worst-military-smells-sony-add-its-video-games.html Entertainment urn:uuid:992ea8e6-612e-d175-dc87-bece9d0eeb4a Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:32:19 +0000 Sony Entertainment has followed up a patent for adding smells in video games by actually adding smells in a live-experience video game. Imagine the potential applications and despair. Logan Nye https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/03/17/most-innovative-war-movies-ever-made.html Entertainment urn:uuid:99b05ff0-2329-94d6-7a01-2d1ab34cb1e7 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:53:47 +0000 Every once in awhile, a war movie comes along that does something truly innovative to make its story memorable. These are those movies. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/03/17/starship-troopers-finally-getting-reboot.html Entertainment urn:uuid:d507d34e-116b-b033-ab13-29c41b783325 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:05:51 +0000 A new “Starship Troopers” movie is currently in the works from writer and director Neill Blomkamp. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/worst-war-movies-ever-made-according-service-members-and-veterans.html Entertainment urn:uuid:a4fd2871-51b9-b191-ac23-75c6a1012d66 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:41:31 +0000 These are the worst war movies ever made, according to Military.com readers. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/11/netflixs-newest-american-manhunt-chronicles-search-bring-osama-bin-laden-justice.html Entertainment urn:uuid:c11078e3-e8f6-f2de-7a71-fd0bf0e2f77f Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:21:39 +0000 On May 2, 2011, teams of U.S. Navy SEALs landed in and around a compound in Abbottabad, deep inside Pakistan. Their mission that morning was to capture or kill the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/03/10/natgeos-latest-iteration-of-one-day-america-looks-oklahoma-city-bombing.html Entertainment urn:uuid:b898ea72-cdbd-5567-7ec2-2957fa899ae9 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:13:43 +0000 On April 19, 1995, 168 people were killed when a 4,800-pound bomb detonated at the north entrance of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/civil-war-first-person-shooter-historically-accurate-war-game-you-never-knew-you-needed.html Entertainment urn:uuid:4d642f36-6755-474a-3682-465f75e707f9 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:17:54 +0000 It may sound like a parody title, but there is a real Civil War first-person shooter game where 350 players can engage in realistic combat between the U.S. and Confederate armies. And its players are a tight-knit group with a deep love of history. https://www.military.com/off-duty/thanks-memories-tell-us-your-bob-hope-story.html Entertainment urn:uuid:500f54c8-df6d-bacf-4e84-7901c7f1f5be Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:57:44 +0000 What is your treasured memory of Bob Hope? https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/beyond-warfare-guide-a24s-war-movies.html Entertainment urn:uuid:2e8056b8-93cb-2756-33c2-5f4f31220fd1 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:31:07 +0000 Since its founding in 2012, entertainment company A24 has produced emotionally deep films that tell unique stories with distinctively different styles. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/03/06/hilarious-reason-gene-hackman-gave-joining-marine-corps.html Entertainment urn:uuid:301655c0-df9f-7ca4-e0b3-d194e0e96ea3 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:38:50 +0000 When acclaimed actor Gene Hackman ran away from his home in Danville, Illinois, to join the Marine Corps, his everyman appearance was apparently a factor, as he related to David Letterman in 1988. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/02/27/best-iraq-war-movies-ranked.html Entertainment urn:uuid:f7c324e9-16d2-40db-4590-b490650fe959 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:21:16 +0000 Looking back at almost 20 years of Iraq War movies, the first thought that comes to mind is that Iraq War movies aren't really all that great. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/02/27/legendary-actor-and-marine-corps-veteran-gene-hackman-dead-95.html Entertainment urn:uuid:3e97a640-9309-9d40-de5c-16c8460e50bc Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:05:28 +0000 Gene Hackman, the beloved star of stage, movies and television who served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the turbulent years following World War II, has died at 95. https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/02/27/jon-bernthals-punisher-will-return-new-disney-solo-special.html Entertainment urn:uuid:d847f6c5-46b9-7443-2726-4ce8c4be8a97 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:52:13 +0000 Amid the onslaught of new Marvel movies and TV series that have premiered in the years since 2019's "Avengers: Endgame" wrapped up the Infinity Saga, viewers might feel a bit overwhelmed and struggling to keep up (if anyone's still interested in keeping up). Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/02/26/why-gary-sinise-wants-every-us-service-member-and-veteran-see-brothers-after-war.html Entertainment urn:uuid:c878743d-dd88-d042-eead-1e2b918a47f3 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:11:11 +0000 The Gary Sinise Foundation made the largest-ever donation to Vet Tix to ensure veterans and their families can see the new documentary for free. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/11-cozy-games-play-after-release-formation.html Entertainment urn:uuid:f2fee77d-6f22-b798-b145-5d8c3fa84b47 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:13:53 +0000 When exhausted after a tough week, these cozy games are a warm hug from whoever you’re missing most. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/02/26/5-world-war-ii-documentaries-worth-watching-2025-atlanta-jewish-film-festival.html Entertainment urn:uuid:fa94d35b-7e2b-5c96-c1dd-319b28957565 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:36:27 +0000 The annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is in full swing, and this year’s showcase includes a lineup of compelling movies with the theme of Holocaust and war stories.