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Article: THE INVINCIBLE MAN - In his new movie, `Valkyrie,' Tom Cruise takes on Hitler - and tries to kick his post-Oprah career back into high gear
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2008
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NEW YORK - `I make a lot of different kinds of movies," Tom
Cruise says, "and I'm always looking for something that's
challenging. But I want to entertain an audience."
Cruise is describing what drew him to his new movie, "Valkyrie,"
which opens Thursday. However indirectly, he's also describing what
it means to succeed at having it both ways: art and entertainment,
critics and audience, respect and fame.
One definition of stardom might be as the shortest distance
between having it both ways. And while Cruise is a very big star,
"Valkyrie" puts that stardom to the test and at a peculiar point in
his career.
The film's directed by Bryan Singer, who made the first two "X-
Men" movies and ...