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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)

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Fire at Universal

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"Sure, a welder's unfortunate error is a completely plausible explanation for the conflagration, but we won't completely rule out the possibility that God Himself sparked the blaze, hoping that an unanticipated setback of this scale might help the producers of a movie inspired by one of His favorite Bible stories reach their goal of making The Most Expensive Comedy Story Ever Told." -- Defamer's Mark Lisanti on yesterday's fire at Universal Studios, possibly (no callbacks yet) on Stage 27 where the "ark" set for Evan Almighty has been constructed.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 31, 2006 at 04:52 PM

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Nick Rogers says ...

Anything that could prevent Steve Carell from being scapegoated when one of the worst sequel ideas ever fails at the box office is fine by me.

Posted by Nick Rogers at October 31, 2006 05:23 PM

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The Hoyk says ...

Universal, take this as a sign from whatever Flying Spaghetti Monster you worship:

Money ruins comedy. Pull the plug on EVAN ALMIGHTY. Take the writedown, commission a new script to salvage the existing footage, but dammit, do not go forward with what will surely be "EVAN'S GATE." This is folly, and you have been significantly smote down for your hubris.

Posted by The Hoyk at October 31, 2006 05:27 PM