Review: Valkyrie (2008) *** 1/2

Tom Cruise in Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie
Valkyrie opens in Tunisia during the heart of WWII. A dedicated militarist but recalcitrant Nazi, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) briskly paces through the arid, tan dessert to confront his superior officer. He demands that the entire Division shirk orders (they are sitting ducks, target practice for an Allied [...]

Review: Towelhead (2008) * 1/2

Summer Bishil and Aaron Eckhart in Towelhead
My hatred of Towelhead set in early and I never shook it. I think it was the scene at the airport where Maria Bello’s Bad Mother character is shipping poor confused daughter Jasira (Summer Bishil) off to live with her Lebanese father in Houston after the Creepy Live-In Boyfriend [...]