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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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Drive-in, Oregon, Levy

"Seth Sonstein and Nicola Spechko, owners of Southeast Portland's irascible and essential Clinton Street Theater, have done something the likes of which I've never remotely heard of," reports Oregonian critic Shawn Levy. "They've bought a drive-in movie theater in Oceanside, California, and they're moving all of the hardware -- lock, stock, barrel, snack bar, screens, little speakers on poles, and so forth -- up here to Oregon.


"They plan to use one of the four projectors they've acquired to replace the aged gear in their theater. But they're also hoping they can get a chunk of land somewhere nearby to use the rest of the equipment to open a new drive-in of their own -- one, presumably, which will show the Clinton Street's patented blend of grindhouse, experimental, cult, and shoestring-independent fare.

"Right now, according to this definitive seeming site, Oregon has only four functioning drive-ins: the nearest to Portland is the 99W in Newberg, along with open-top theaters in La Grande, Milton-Freewater and Dallas. So it's not like the market is flooded, exactly. And Bruce Lee, anime and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" under the stars of a Willamette Valley summer night? Oh, I can dig it; can't you?"

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 1, 2007 at 7:53 AM

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hatchetface Author Profile Page says ...

I love the Clinton and I love drive-ins; and Newberg is way, WAY too fuckin' far away to be the nearest one for Portland.

This will be awesome!

Posted by hatchetface Author Profile Page at February 1, 2007 8:39 AM

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corey3rd Author Profile Page says ...

I love our local Drive-In (the Starlite in Durham) and for the most part it is the only place we see films around here. The highlight of last summer was watching Snakes on a Plane there - since they're near the RDU flight path - so we kept seeing planes in the horizon as Sam fought away. The cool part about the Starlite is that they don't mind if your tailgate or bring beer.

But I'm not sure what's the point of installing the little poles? The Starlite runs the audio off a low wattage FM signal. We just bring along a portable stereo so we don't drain the car battery for 2 hours.

I'm eager to see Grindhouse at the Drive-In. Hopefully it'll be a warm April.

Posted by corey3rd Author Profile Page at February 1, 2007 8:53 AM

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