and Born on the Fourth of July (1989), a star-spangled Tom Cruise vehicle that earned Stone another Oscar and Cruise his first Best Actor nomination. Here are a dozen items of interest about this ...

But as Roger Ebert wrote in 1989, "nothing [Tom] Cruise has done will prepare you for what he does in Born on the Fourth of July... his performance is so good that the movie lives through it".

The Fourth of July means the summer is in full ... with the patriotic day -- but it doesn't include "Born on Independence Day" star Tom Cruise! Given that Malia Obama was once the First Daughter ...

Tom Cruise earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as paralyzed Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July. Based on the real-life story of Kovic, the movie ...