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Ryan Phillippe: ''Stop-Loss' Isn't An Anti-War Film'

Hollywood star Ryan Phillippe has denied his new film Stop-Loss is playing on the anti-war feeling among many U.S. citizens, insisting it is quite the opposite. The Crash actor plays an Iraq War veteran in the Kimberly Peirce-directed film, who struggles to adapt to life back home after a first tour of duty - before he is unexpectedly sent back to the Middle East against his will.

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Movie Review: Kimberly Peirce Tackles Iraq War With Well-Intentioned, Uneven 'Stop-Loss'

For her first film since 1999's ''Boys Don't Cry,'' the raw drama that earned Hilary Swank the first of her two best-actress Academy Awards, Kimberly Peirce initially wanted to make a documentary about soldiers who had fought in the Iraq war. Inspired by her younger brother, she wanted to let them tell their stories of discontentment, of questioning the war, of going AWOL.

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Female Movie Directors Shine This Summer, But Their Numbers Remain Dismally Low

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Female directors are flooding today's theaters more than ever, with movies as diverse as the women themselves. Yet the struggle for equality, recognition and respect continues.

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