Merrick here...

A few weeks back, we posted a piece about a movie called STOP-LOSS from BOYS DON'T CRY director Kimberley Peirce.

The movie stars Ryan Phillippe and is about a soldier who returns home from Iraq, only to confront "stop-loss" - a military policy retaining servicemen beyond the time length of time they were supposed to be deployed. I.e. he is sent home...told he has to go back to Iraq...and refuses to go.

You can find out more about the film HERE, and see its trailer HERE. Over the Summer, we ran two early reviews of STOP-LOSS, which can be found HERE and HERE.

Every time we post about this film, we see very interesting Talkbacks and e-mails; the subject of servicemen in Iraq & the nature/purpose of their deployment is clearly a hot topic for discussion and debate.

Appropriately, a new STOP-LOSS website (evidently peripheral to the "Official" website) has opened a "Sound Off" section featuring videos/stories from folks deployed overseas, their families, and an intro from director Kimberley Peirce. Perice will also be responding to folks using the message boards there. There's also a message board where opinions and links to resources (some pertaining to ending the Stop-Loss policy) can be shared & pointedly discussed.

You can get there by CLICKING THIS!

There are some interesting...and very important...notions to be considered here & I thought this site might be interesting to readers who've been tracking the film (which opens March 28).