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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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Word From The Bunker

N.Y. Times reporter Michael Cieply has written a light-hearted, semi-whimsical piece about the persistence of big-business villains in modern movies -- whatever. The odd thing is that Speed Racer producer Joel Silver declined to be interviewed for it. One images the reasoning: "Please...no light-hearted N.Y. Times articles about corporate villainy...leave us alone....the article might be slanted against the film!" The Wachowski brothers, true to form, also declined to be interviewed.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 27, 2008 at 3:42 PM

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Bob Violence Author Profile Page says ...

Shame the article doesn't say if the villain lives in a hillside John Lautner home. It's Joel Silver, after all.

Posted by Bob Violence Author Profile Page at April 28, 2008 12:54 AM

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