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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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Biodiesel Whatevs

Sean Penn's reason for appearing twice today at the Coachella Music Festival was to announce the Dirty Hands Caravan, a biodeisel caravan that will drive from Indio to New Orleans starting tomorrow Monday and is expected to arrive in New Orleans on May 4th for the city's annual jazz festival.

"I see this as a reckoning," Penn told the Hollywood Reporter's Leslie Simmons. "My generation and those that came before have to recognize the numbing of incentive that we've passed on to the change-hungry, imaginative, smarter-than-us youth of today."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 27, 2008 at 4:24 PM

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D.Z. Author Profile Page says ...

Sean, biodiesel is creating riots in Haiti.

Posted by D.Z. Author Profile Page at April 27, 2008 8:09 PM

Posted by D.Z. Author Profile Page at April 27, 2008 8:20 PM

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Couperito Author Profile Page says ...

So Sean Penn speaks in Wells? Unable to use a single word when three will do--usually strung together in compound hyphenate pretzels, like they were translated too literally from German.

Posted by Couperito Author Profile Page at April 27, 2008 8:35 PM

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Hallick Author Profile Page says ...

"My generation and those that came before have to recognize the numbing of incentive that we've passed on to the change-hungry, imaginative, smarter-than-us youth of today."

I know enough people in both age groups to know what a bullshit statement that is in both directions on all three counts. Is there anything more fucked than a generation? Just in general, I can't think of a single benefit that designation has ever given the human race. It's a grouping whose sole purpose seems to be the pitting of the human race against itself.

Posted by Hallick Author Profile Page at April 27, 2008 9:52 PM

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Daviddb Author Profile Page says ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival started last Friday and ran thru today; it starts up again on Thursday and ENDS on Sunday, May 4, Penn's day of arrival. Why miss the other 3 days? Just askin'

Posted by Daviddb Author Profile Page at April 27, 2008 10:16 PM

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EOTW Author Profile Page says ...

Does anyone else remember when this guy made (decent) movies? Yeah, me neither.

Posted by EOTW Author Profile Page at April 28, 2008 6:04 AM

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Jean Author Profile Page says ...

EOTW: Into The Wild.

Posted by Jean Author Profile Page at April 28, 2008 10:38 AM

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Monument Author Profile Page says ...

Is he going to talk about how biodiesel is indirectly causing food prices to skyrocket?

Posted by Monument Author Profile Page at April 28, 2008 11:59 AM

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Rich S. Author Profile Page says ...

"The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival started last Friday and ran thru today; it starts up again on Thursday and ENDS on Sunday, May 4, Penn's day of arrival. Why miss the other 3 days? Just askin'"

'Cause Jimmy Buffett is playing the Fest on Saturday and Penn knows know one will be paying attention to him while the King Parrot is on stage.

Posted by Rich S. Author Profile Page at April 28, 2008 1:30 PM

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Abbey Normal Author Profile Page says ...

I was there, and I can tell you he bombed. At one point, he said something like, "just remember, while you were enjoying Prince, at that very moment children were starving to death and babies were being raped in Darfur."

Baby rape? Uh, Sean...are you aware that most of your audience are on something? Stoned people tend not to respond well to such topics. Sheesh.

Posted by Abbey Normal Author Profile Page at April 29, 2008 10:54 AM

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