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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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Another print critic gets whacked

"Unless you've been living in happy isolation, you know that newspapers face a cascading series of problems. Declining revenues. Declining circulation. Uncertainty about the future. No need to recite the entire litany here, except by way of noting that the words 'layoffs' and 'buyouts' have appeared in far too many stories about too many newspapers lately, including this one." -- Rocky Mountain News film critic Robert Denerstein, in a piece announcing his departure due to the above factors.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 26, 2007 at 4:58 AM

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Jayne Gacey Author Profile Page says ...

Where have all the cowboys gone?

Posted by Jayne Gacey Author Profile Page at May 26, 2007 5:15 AM

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jeffmcm Author Profile Page says ...

It doesn't help his case to know that Denerstein was always a pretty cruddy critic - he had big-city tastes for art movies and against blockbusters but he didn't have the sensibilities or the writing chops to have anything interesting to say and consequently usually came off as cranky.

Posted by jeffmcm Author Profile Page at May 26, 2007 1:29 PM

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corey3rd Author Profile Page says ...

Phil,
Care to comment on how film reviewing at newspapers isn't a dying profession?

Posted by corey3rd Author Profile Page at May 26, 2007 6:32 PM

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Terry McCarty Author Profile Page says ...

This may mean that the RMN will give into temptation to run wire-service reviews from a hackette like Christy Lemire.

Posted by Terry McCarty Author Profile Page at May 27, 2007 12:33 AM

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