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Valkyrie, a review by KinkyCyborg

Valkyrie



Title:Valkyrie
Year: 2008
Director: Bryan Singer
Rating: PG-13
Length: 120 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Tom Cruise
Kenneth Branagh
Bill Nighy
Tom Wilkinson
Carice van Houten

Plot:
"Tom Cruise gives one of the best performances of his career" (Jeffrey Lyons, NBC/Reel Talk) in this action-packed film from the director of the Usual Suspects and X-Men . Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolph Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrans th world has ever known. Co-staring Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Terence Stamp and Eddie Izzard, Valkyrie delivers gripping suspense and pulse-pounding excitement from start to finish!

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned


Enjoyed this as I do with most movies of historical significance. Cruise's performance was a bit stiff, but overall I thought he did a decent job. Bill Nighy was exceptionally good in his role!

The resistance to Hitler's manifesto by many in the German hierarchy and military is well documented and despite some 15 odd assassination attempts by Germans on his life he managed to stay alive to watch his nation fall to allied troops, taking his own life in the hours leading up to the taking of Berlin. Had the near miss portrayed in this movie had been successful it would likely have dramatically rewritten many of the horrific events that took place during that war, and saved countless lives but in one way I'm glad he survived the attempts on his life for no other reason than so that he could witness the demise of his life's work... knowing his failure.

According to Amazon there is a documentary about the Valkyrie attempt that I would love to get my hands on.

KC


Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on October 28th, 2010)

Postal, a review by GSyren

Title	Postal (883476-004631)
Director	Uwe Boll
Actors	Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Jackie Tohn, J. K. Simmons
Produced	2007 in United States
Runtime	109 minutes
Audio	English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles	None
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(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on July 3rd, 2014)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Deep Down
Original Air Date: 10/6/2002
With Angel trapped on the ocean floor and Cordelia stuck on a mystical plane, Fred and Gunn are frustrated at the lack of clues regarding their friends' whereabouts, especially after the only eyewitness to Angel's disappearance is murdered.

Guest Stars:
John Rubinstein
Laurel Holloman
Stephanie Romanov
Daniel Dae Kim

My Thoughts:
Great season opener! I enjoyed every minute of it. It is Wesley to the rescue... but yet he is still not back as part of the team just yet.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 16th, 2010)