Jaimie Martz Movies

A young man gets a crash course in the madness of war in this fact-based drama from director Sam Mendes. Anthony "Swoff" Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) decides to join the Marines, just like his father and his father before him, and signs on just in time to be sent to Iraq to fight in the Gulf War in 1991. After experiencing the rigors of boot camp, Swofford and his pal Troy (Peter Sarsgaard) are trained to be snipers, and under the leadership of Sgt. Sykes (Jamie Foxx) and Lt. Col. Kazinski (Chris Cooper), the two land in the middle of a desert where they're up against an enemy they can't always see under a blazing sun with hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Swofford, Troy, and their fellow soldiers rely on the wits, their sense of humor, and their friendship of their brothers in arms to deal with a situation that doesn't much resemble what they saw on television at home. Jarhead was based on the memoirs of the real-life Anthony Swofford, who did serve as a sniper in the 1991 Gulf War; the title comes from military slang for a Marine enlistee. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

In this horror opus from director and cult hero Fred Olen Ray, a group of teenagers visit a travelling carnival and encounter the mysterious Dr. Graves (Phil Fondacaro). As Graves lures the unsuspecting visitors into his spell, they soon learn the horrible secret of just how he finds the human curiosities that populate the carnival's freak show. Jamie Martz, Michael Amos, and Jesica Keenan are among the hapless teenagers, and scream queen Brinke Stevens makes a brief appearance as Madame Voloasca.






~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide