"In the Valley of Elah," writer-director Paul Haggis' Iraq War who-done-it, has a borrowed and stitched together feel that reminds audiences that the "Crash" Oscar-winner had a long career in ...

When "Fahrenheit 9/11" (2004) came out in theaters across the nation, audiences turned up en masse to see it. Many Americans were looking forward to a film that criticized the war in Iraq and ...

Maps will tell you it's a world away, but the Valley of Elah is closer to home than you might think. Perhaps, as Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis suggests in his latest film, "In the Valley of Elah ...

In 2005, agents told “Crash” writer-director Haggis that he wouldn’t be able to get the politically-charged “Elah” made. “I took it around Hollywood for about 7 months,” he said, “and people said ‘oh ...

Surely one of the strangest name changes in Hollywood history is responsible for the odd moniker that "In the Valley of Elah" brings before the public. If you don't know (I sure didn't!), that valley ...

Tommy Lee Jones is Hank Deerfield, a retired veteran whose son, a soldier serving in the war, disappears while back in the States on leave. Hank takes it upon himself to track his son’s whereabouts–he ...

The writer-director who made audiences debate race issues with his Oscar-winning “Crash” turns to another hot-button topic with the powerful anti-war film “In the Valley of Elah.” Showcasing death and ...

“In the Valley of Elah” is a different kind of war movie whose overall message is that the government is patently unprepared to deal with the traumatized men and women returning from the war in Iraq ...

Storyline: An Iraq vet’s father (Tommy Lee Jones) takes the lead in investigating the mysterious Stateside disappearance of his son. About the script: Instead of tackling Hollywood’s hottest topic, ...

Army veteran Tommy Lee Jones enlists cop Charlize Theron to help find his son's killers. Thriller from the director of Crash. Strong language/violence/sexual scenes. (2007)(121 mins) ...

This movie made me question whether we are winning the war on Iraq or if Iraq is winning the war on us. I was moved beyond words. Not quite speechless, but very silent, solemn and thoughtful. Sunday's ...

In the classic 1946 drama "The Best Years of Our Lives," Dana Andrews, recently returned from war, asks a fellow former serviceman how he is adjusting to being back. In Paul Haggis' new "In the Valley ...