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 [...]

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Here’s the first actual look at Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise, Carice van Houten and Kenneth Branagh.
It feels like a fairly straightforward action/thriller and I think that’s a good thing.

Catch it in HD at Yahoo or watch a featurette here.

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Hey look ever’body. It’s the movie everyone seems to want to hate even though no one has seen it!
Not a fan of the tagline, but as I said over at Inside the Gold (from whence I swiped the pic), I like the starkness and the geometry of it.
Directed by Bryan Singer, Valkyrie [...]

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Back in April when the Bryan Singer/Tom Cruise Hitler assassination project Valkyrie was moved for the third time to a February ‘09 slot, people who pay attention to such minutia were prepared to declare the movie DOA.
Well, MGM announced the film has moved been moved again; this time up to the more favorable date of [...]

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