Movies 'Valkyrie' writer says war thriller was the film 'we set out to make' Published: ; Dec. 28, 2008, 9:00 a.m.

‘Valkyrie’: Film Review. ... With such World War II movies as “Defiance” and “Good” also on tap this month, there is no doubt the Nazis continue to provide fodder for movie producers.

In Valkyrie, Cruise played Claus von Stauffenberg, the Nazi colonel who nearly assassinated Adolf Hitler; the movie follows him and his allies hatching and executing the plan.

Those types of World War II movies are few and far between these days, though Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming guys-on-a-mission epic “Inglorious Bastards” (due in August) promises to revive the ...

It's another one of those early '60s World War II movies that are as much an adventure film as it is a sober look at war. (Image credit: MGM) Valkyrie (Tunisia, Germany, German-Occupied Poland) ...

On paper, the World War II drama "Valkyrie" -- which teams Tom Cruise with the "Usual Suspects" duo of writer Christopher McQuarrie and director Bryan Singer in a true story about a German plot to ...

An unfussy, adult and stoic Tom Cruise anchors the World War II thriller Valkyrie. In a compact performance of nerve and rare glimpses of emotion, Cruise is a leading man who takes us through a ...

The first six minutes of Brian Singer’s Valkyrie can currently be viewed on Apple’s Movie Trailers site (and have consequently found themselves heading to YouTube – you’ll find the video ...