Stephen Hunter

Articles by Stephen Hunter

Stephen Hunter Essay: Highly Trained Snipers Are Real American Heroes (April 14, 2009)

TV Preview: National Geographic Channel's 'Explorer: Inside Guantanamo' (April 5, 2009)

'Brothers at War' Filmmaker Jake Rademacher Puts a Familiar Face on Iraq (March 15, 2009)

Listening to Primal Rhythms Beating in the Heartland (December 2, 2008)

Forget Cool: Paul Newman Knew How to Play It Smart (September 28, 2008)

Losing It (August 26, 2008)

'Elegy': Certainly Lamentable (August 22, 2008)

Rainn Wilson and 'The Rocker': Born to Be Mild (August 20, 2008)

'Bottle Shock': A Giddy Ode to Vino (August 6, 2008)

Obscenely Funny (July 25, 2008)

A Straight Shooter (July 18, 2008)

This Joker Holds All the Cards (July 17, 2008)

Leading Men (July 6, 2008)

'Gonzo': A Writer Lost in His Story (July 4, 2008)

'Kit': Doll With Moxie Puts a Happy Face on the Depression (July 2, 2008)

Man of Bent Steel (July 2, 2008)

How the East Was Won: The Romance Of Genghis Khan (June 20, 2008)

Hilarious? Missed It by That Much. (June 20, 2008)

Plastic People of 'Savage Grace' Are the Truly Filthy Rich (June 13, 2008)

Shyamalan's 'Happening' Lacks a Sense of Direction (June 13, 2008)

'Bigger, Stronger': Inside the Muscle World (June 6, 2008)

How Low Will Adam Sandler Go? (June 6, 2008)

A Pieced-Together Picture Of the Scandal at Abu Ghraib (May 23, 2008)

A Jones For Action (May 22, 2008)

'Redbelt,' Summoning the Samurai's Code (May 9, 2008)

'Vegas' Hits the Jackpot (May 9, 2008)

A Bleak Future Worth Going Back To (May 4, 2008)

Harold & Kumar's Camp X-Ray Lacks Comic Vision (April 25, 2008)

'88 Minutes,' the Countdown to a Bomb (April 18, 2008)

'Young@Heart': Long Live Rock! (April 18, 2008)

A Persona Carved in Stone (April 7, 2008)

'Nanking': A Stunning Contemplation Of Inhumanity (February 15, 2008)

'Persepolis': A Stranger in Her Own Land (January 25, 2008)

'Great Debaters': Simply Eloquent (December 25, 2007)

'Charlie Wilson': Firing on All Cylinders (December 21, 2007)

A Well-Oiled Career (December 15, 2007)

'Starting Out': A Quiet Gem For the Season (December 14, 2007)

'Golden Compass' Spins Wildly With No Magnetism (December 7, 2007)

A Life Framed By the Movies (December 2, 2007)

'Awake': The Rapid Pulse Of a Tell-Tale Heart (December 1, 2007)

A Family Talks Turkey (November 21, 2007)

It's Scary When Fogbound Meet Hidebound in 'The Mist' (November 21, 2007)

Surface Treatment (November 16, 2007)

'Fred Claus': The Family Embarrassment (November 9, 2007)

'No Country for Old Men' Chases Its Literary Tale (November 9, 2007)

'American Gangster': A Direct Hit (November 2, 2007)

On the Beach With Deborah Kerr: A Kiss, and an Actress, for Eternity (October 20, 2007)

Stages of Grief: Two Films Contrive To Understand (October 19, 2007)

There's Something Rotten in Beantown (October 19, 2007)

Dang, Jesse, the Picture's Even Crookeder Now (October 5, 2007)

'Valley of Elah' Spins An All-Too-Timeless Tale (September 14, 2007)

'Brave One': On Target, but Is Its Aim True? (September 14, 2007)

'Summer Palace': Sex and Politics in a Turbulent China (September 7, 2007)

'3:10 to Yuma' Chugs Along Familiar Tracks (September 7, 2007)

Peter Fonda, an Easy Rider In for The Long Haul (September 2, 2007)

'Balls of Fury' Takes the Ping Out of Pong (August 29, 2007)

'Nanny Diaries': A Position in Need of a Headhunter (August 24, 2007)

'Champ' Bobs, Weaves, Misses (August 24, 2007)

You're Too Kind (August 17, 2007)

Imagining a Far-From-Plain Jane (August 3, 2007)

'The Bourne Ultimatum' Chases Its Tiresome Tale (August 3, 2007)

I Click, Therefore I Amazon (July 29, 2007)

Lindsay Lohan Gets An 'A' for a B-Flick (July 28, 2007)

What a Blast! (July 27, 2007)

How to Buy Friends and Influence People (July 27, 2007)

'No End in Sight,' A Direct Hit on Iraq War Makers (July 27, 2007)

Volumizer (July 20, 2007)

'Talk to Me': The Authentic Voice of D.C. (July 13, 2007)

Steven Spielberg, On Both Sides Of the Camera (July 9, 2007)

'License to Wed': Disturbingly Funny (July 3, 2007)

'Sicko': Michael Moore's Anemic Checkup (June 29, 2007)

'Almighty' Sequel: Without a Prayer (June 22, 2007)

'You Kill Me': A Dead-On Regimen for Recovery (June 22, 2007)

'Eagle vs Shark': A Mismatch Made in Kiwi Heaven (June 22, 2007)

The Underworld's Deep End (June 22, 2007)

'Four' Adds Up to Zero (June 15, 2007)

'Crazy Love': That About Sums It Up (June 8, 2007)

Going for Broke (June 8, 2007)

'Mr. Brooks': Kevin Costner Will Slay You (June 1, 2007)

Ahoy, Again (May 24, 2007)

A Bad Case of Summer Movies (May 20, 2007)

'Shrek's' Funny, Yet Third Time's Not So Charming (May 18, 2007)

A Return to the 'Home of the Brave,' Where Soldiers Fight a New Enemy (May 11, 2007)

'Georgia Rule': Actresses Gone Wild (May 11, 2007)

'Page Turner': A Musician's Life in the Key Of Vengeance (May 4, 2007)

'Something to Cheer About': A Coach's Net Values (April 27, 2007)

Cinematic Clues To Understand The Slaughter (April 20, 2007)

'Fracture': Great Cast, but Later You'll Mutter 'Gimme a Break' (April 20, 2007)

War Is Hell, and So Is 'Black Book' (April 20, 2007)

'Perfect Stranger': Not Thrilled To Meet You (April 13, 2007)

'Pathfinder': Another Bloody Iron Age Smackdown (April 13, 2007)

'Aqua Teen': Fast-Food Sensation (April 13, 2007)

Flicks In the Days Of Gore (April 6, 2007)

How the 'Wind' of War Ignited Ireland's Troubles (April 6, 2007)

'Firehouse Dog': Heroes And a Yappy Ending (April 4, 2007)

Double Lutzes: 'Blades of Glory' (March 30, 2007)

From Here to Thermopylae (March 25, 2007)

'TMNT': Testudinal Fortitude (March 23, 2007)

'I Think I Love My Wife': Married, but Looking (March 16, 2007)

'300': A Losing Battle in More Ways Than 1 (March 9, 2007)

When Monsters And Institutions Misbehave (March 9, 2007)

'Zodiac': A Sideways Look At the Pursuit of a Killer (March 2, 2007)

Carrey's 'Number 23': Fuzzy Math -- and Moviemaking (February 23, 2007)

'Days of Glory': A Battle for France, and for Common Ground (February 23, 2007)

'Ghost Rider': Hells, um, Devils (February 17, 2007)

Traitors of Trust: 'Breach' Goes to the Soul of a Spy (February 16, 2007)

'Music and Lyrics': Work Is What Makes Life Hum (February 14, 2007)

Drawing a Bead on 'Shooter,' Fleeing From Sandler (February 11, 2007)

In the Belly Of the Beast (February 10, 2007)

'Hannibal Rising': Broken 'Silence' (February 9, 2007)

Jim Jones's Temple of Doom (February 2, 2007)

Nap. Kill. Eat. Life Is Good For the King of the Beasts (February 1, 2007)

The Japanese Soldier, a Casualty of War Films (January 14, 2007)

Is It Payback Time? (January 14, 2007)

'Alpha Dog': SoCal Youths Wind Up Going So Wrong (January 12, 2007)

Under the Sands of Iwo Jima (January 12, 2007)

'Stomp the Yard': The Story's in the Stepping (January 12, 2007)

'Veil': The Perfect Accessory When One Attends a Plague (December 29, 2006)

'Scandal': A Lesson Not Soon Forgotten (December 27, 2006)

Strictly Hush-Hush (December 23, 2006)

'The Good German': Frozen in the '40s (December 22, 2006)

'Golden Flower' Bursting With Martial Arts Fun (December 22, 2006)

'Good Shepherd' Taps Into Blue-Blooded Vein of Secrecy (December 22, 2006)

'Pursuit of Happyness': An Uphill Climb That's an Exhilarating Breath of Fresh Air (December 15, 2006)

Silly 'Eragon': Someone Was Dragon His Feet (December 15, 2006)

Ho-Ho Hollywood (December 8, 2006)

'Apocalypto': Driven by A Hunter's Gut Instincts (December 8, 2006)

Splice of Life (November 22, 2006)

'Deck the Halls': A Holiday Flick Only Scrooge Could Love (November 22, 2006)

An Agent Of Change (November 17, 2006)

You Want Flies With That? (November 17, 2006)

Oh, the Joy of 'Beethoven' (November 17, 2006)

A Revealing Peep at the Dixie Chicks (November 17, 2006)

Inside The Sun And Gun Capital (November 10, 2006)

'Babel's' World: Just a Big Ball of Yarns (November 3, 2006)

Clint Eastwood, Rallying 'Round 'Flags' (October 15, 2006)

'Grudge 2': Doubly Baffling (October 14, 2006)

Blood Relative (October 13, 2006)

'Last King of Scotland' Usurps the Story of Idi Amin (October 4, 2006)

'Guardian': In Need of a Little Rescue (September 29, 2006)

'All the King's Men' Marches Sideways With Too Much Fanfare (September 22, 2006)

Noir Town (September 15, 2006)

Superman, Without The X-Ray Vision (September 8, 2006)

So Deeply Empty: 'The Conformist' Revisited (September 8, 2006)

The Lost Action Hero (September 3, 2006)

Neo-Noir 'Crank,' Feeling the Need for Way Too Much Speed (September 2, 2006)

'The Wicker Man': Dreadfully Funny (September 2, 2006)

The Bliss of Watching 'Mission': Incomprehensible (August 27, 2006)

Yes, There Can Be Too Much Beer (August 25, 2006)

'Quinceañera': The End of a Neighborhood, And Childhood (August 25, 2006)

'Snakes': Slithering Toward Mediocrity (August 19, 2006)

'Heading South': The Job Of Sex in the Third World (August 18, 2006)

'Boynton Beach': New Wrinkles on the Dating Game (August 18, 2006)

'Pulse': When Your Wireless Connection Goes Really Bad (August 12, 2006)

'The Descent': Screaming Spelunkers (August 4, 2006)

Raining Champions (July 30, 2006)

'Miami Vice': Way Cool Then, Now Not So Hot (July 28, 2006)

This 'Scoop' Comes Up Empty (July 28, 2006)

A Mile-High Moral On a Millimeter Scale (July 28, 2006)

Greener Than Thou (July 21, 2006)

In Mongolia, Steppes to Heaven (July 21, 2006)

Sub-Hero Temperature (July 21, 2006)

'Little Man': The Pictures Really Have Gotten Small (July 14, 2006)

'Peaceful Warrior': Zen And the Art of Kitsch (July 14, 2006)

Sex and Violence and the City (July 7, 2006)

Try, Try Again (June 11, 2006)

Andy Garcia, on A Disenchanted Isle (May 21, 2006)