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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)

"Flags" shufflings

More Flags of Our Fathers deck shuffling: a friend tells me Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima film (Dreamamount, 10.20) was scheduled to screen in the evening in Manhattan over the last 36 to 48 hours, but then it was cancelled. (That's on top of a few people alegedly being invited and then disinvited to see it at yesterday's L.A. screening.) Flags screened this morning in New York at 9 ayem, and then the print flew out.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 28, 2006 at 12:33 PM

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Edward Author Profile Page says ...

Curiouser and curiouser ...

Posted by Edward Author Profile Page at September 28, 2006 1:33 PM

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The Winchester Author Profile Page says ...

Wait, I don't get it. Flags didn't premiere at Toronto? Then why is it still on the Oscar balloon?

Posted by The Winchester Author Profile Page at September 28, 2006 1:58 PM

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FilmTurtle Author Profile Page says ...

I've seen the "Flags" trailer a few times on TV now. It's being sold as a rah-rah, rally-'round-the-flag piece, but from what Wells has said the movie is actually more ambivalent, right? Just wondering if that bait-and-switch is gonna make much of an impact.

Posted by FilmTurtle Author Profile Page at September 28, 2006 4:19 PM

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