Film, Opinion

Ten Tremendous Oscar Bait Failures

Posted: February 20, 2017 at 7:34 pm   /   by   /   comments (2)

Valkyrie (2008)

  • Domestic Total Gross: $83,077,833
  • Production Budget: $75 million
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
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Tom Cruise leads director Bryan Singer’s (X-Men) dramatization of a group of German officers’ failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II. Despite a storyline that should promise a great historical thriller, the film was nothing more than a mildly entertaining popcorn flick that managed to receive seven nominations from the Academy… of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films (a.k.a. the Saturn Awards).