The Usual Suspects

Seen on: December 28, 2008
The players: Director: Bryan Singer, Writers: Nathan Alexander, Christopher McQuarrie, Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice Van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann
Facts of interest: Singer also directed "The Usual Suspects," "X2" and "Superman Returns."
The plot: The film follows a group of Gernan officers plotting to assassinate Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944.
Our thoughts: One of the more serious films opening on Christmas Day last week was Bryan Singer’s “Valkyrie,” a thoroughly entertaining and historically compelling WWII thriller that boasts excellent performances and awesome production values.
Franck Tabouring

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Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes premiered his WWII thriller 'Valkyrie' in the homeland where it was filmed and its historic storyline took place -- and "The Insider" was there! Tom was so busy signing autographs, posing for pictures and talking to the press; was he able to catch any of the inaugural excitement, including Barack Obama's speech, in Washington D.C.?   "I've got it all on tape, so I'm going to be seeing the whole thing," he assured us. "I've heard pieces of it also." In 'Valkyrie,' Tom plays real-life German hero Col. Claus Graf von Stauffenberg, who risked his life in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the height of World War II. The film is directed by Bryan Singer ('The Usual Suspects,' 'X-Men,' 'Superman Returns'). "This is a very exciting evening; we've been looking forward
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A battalion of screaming fans crammed into Leicester Square last night to welcome the return of Tom ‘King of the Red Carpet’ Cruise back to London for the UK premiere of Valkyrie. Once again, Cruise didn’t disappoint, pulling up on the red carpet promptly at 17.30 GMT in a suitably Germanic black Audi with the glamorous Katie Holmes in tow, and spending the next two hours shaking hands, signing autographs and enthusing about his role in the Bryan Singer-helmed film.With a script by The Usual Suspects’ Christopher McQuarrie, Valkyrie is a wartime thriller in which Cruise plays Count Claus von Stauffenberg, a German officer who was ringleader of a plot to kill Hitler using a briefcase bomb in 1944. Cruise shrugged off the well-publicised problems with the shoot, including the German government’s initial refusal to allow filming at the Bendler Block where the Stauffenberg was executed. “It was

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