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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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Cruise on Leno

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Tom Cruise plugged Lions for Lambs on Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. NBC webmasters would like you to see the clip on the Tonight Show website, but the site is hopelessly constipated and stuck its own glue so the clip won't load.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 31, 2007 at 12:50 PM

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christian says ...

Was that Kevin Spacey doing the vo for the Honda ad?

And the Sex Pistols on Jay Leno?

Felt like I was watching a new episode of Larry Sanders....

Posted by christian at October 31, 2007 03:39 PM

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francinefishpaw says ...

Still calling himself an actor is he?

Posted by francinefishpaw at October 31, 2007 06:47 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

fishpaw, it's already becoming fairly passe to attack Cruise as a crazy scientologist, but attacking him as an actor has really never worked. He still hustles and gives excellent performances in films like COLLATERAL and WAR OF THE WORLDS. We're lucky to have him as one of our movie stars.

It's the opinion of the schoolboard that you're criminally insane!

Posted by BurmaShave at November 1, 2007 02:49 AM

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christian says ...

I've come around to Cruise's side since he does take on heady roles and does ty to push himself. I don't give a damn what he believes and all the "ooo, he's crazy!" finger-pointng just makes me want to defend him more.

Posted by christian at November 1, 2007 09:43 AM