First it was scheduled like a summer blockbuster with a June 27 release. Then it looked like an Oscar contender targeted for October 3. As of today, Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise as a German officer in a plot to kill Adolph Hitler is an afterthought getting dumped on February 13 of next year.
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I try not to pay a lot of attention to reviews before seeing most movies, but it’s almost impossible not to get a sense of a certain prevailing opinion. In the case of Wong Kar-Wai’s My Blueberry Nights, the negative buzz started to crop up at Cannes. After that, it seemed I kept picking up [...]

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