140: Valkyrie, Tom Cruise & the 'Best Thrillers Ever'

About this episode

Joe and Adam discuss the film Valkyrie and the best thrillers of all time.

This is Valkyrie: 2009's Bryan Singer directed, Tom Cruise starring, Second-World-Wartime movie about a failed plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Joe & Adam talk Cruise, the best thrillers of all time, and play a game called "films better than Valkyrie" with some surprise outcomes.

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe, Adam

Topics covered

• thrillers
• Valkyrie
• Tom Cruise
• World War II
• film discussion

Keywords

• Valkyrie
• Tom Cruise
• thrillers
• Bryan Singer
• World War II
• film discussion
• movies

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Books & works: Valkyrie

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