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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)

Richard Eyre, the director of

Richard Eyre, the director of the London's West End musical of Mary Poppins that's based on the 1964 Julie Andrews-Dick Van Dyke Disney flick, has told the Independent's Louise Jury that he's been in talks with Steven Spielberg over a new film version. The story doesn't say Spielberg wants to direct this, so let's hold off for now. But if Spielberg does intend to direct a Mary Poppins musical, that's it...his getting-older, wants-to-make-more-meaningful- movies cred is out the window.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 30, 2005 at 12:14 PM

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