No stranger to Oscar ceremony success, Denzel Washington was nonetheless unable to join up on the cast of one of the best war ...

Before the cameras rolled in the Philippines, Stone famously subjected his cast — which included future stars like Forest Whitaker, Johnny Depp, and Keith David — to a brutal 14-day boot camp. For ...

Oscar-winning Platoon director Oliver Stone claims Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter feel disconnected from his own Vietnam ...

By the time "Platoon" arrived in theaters, Hollywood had largely embraced spectacle as its dominant language. The 1980s were the decade of the blockbuster--films like "Back to the Future," "Top Gun" ...

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 12 March) is Platoon, the 1986 war film that won several Oscars, including Best Picture ...

Stone warns US keeps repeating foreign policy mistakes, says Iraq drained resources and current Iran conflict echoes old ...

There has never been a war film quite like “Platoon.” Hollywood delivered powerful combat stories about the brutality of battle, but nothing came close to matching Oliver Stone’s depiction of ...

Abstract: This article addresses the flexible adaptive cooperative formation platoon control (ACFPC) of a fleet of underactuated autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) suffered by environmental current ...

The Texas Rangers brought a notable name into the fold during spring training when they added five-time All-Star Andrew McCutchen on a minor-league deal. He is certainly nearing the end of his career ...

Abstract: Most of the past research on platooning control has not considered the impact of changes in the level of trust between vehicles in the platoon on the platoon control, and the communication ...

THERE are books you write because history demands documentation. And there are books you write because memory demands defense. “Silver Linings: The Continuing Saga of the 1986 EDSA People Power ...

This certainly rates as one of the best Vietnam films of all time. What I especially enjoyed was the realistic atmosphere of the film, entrenching the viewer into a world which seems surreal yet ...