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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

The "impartiality" being shown by

The "impartiality" being shown by news channel spinsters in assessing what happened during last night's Presidential debate is slightly odious. Ask anyone on the street and they'll tell you Kerry did much better than Bush. He had it together and attacked with dignity, precision and a crisp delivery style. Bush didn't blow himself up, but (a) he seemed frustrated (i.e., irked by Kerry's criticisms, at times comically), and (b) he seemed slow, primitive of thought and fumbling at times. I don't know if this impression is going to turn things around for Kerry, but he was the clear victor. For some reason (any goofy theories?), this impression is being slightly mucky-mucked and loop-dee-looped in the post-debate coverage on CNN or MSNBC.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 1, 2004 at 7:34 AM