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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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I'll be attending press conferences for Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona at 2:30 pm and James Toback's Tyson at 4 pm. I'm trying to bang out a Tyson piece as we speak. There's an Indiana Jones party starting at 5:30 pm (I saw George Lucas the other night at the Kung Fu Panda party.) There's a party being thrown by the Turkish ministry starting at 9 pm -- presumably an opportunity to speak with Three Monkeys director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. I was told last week I might get into the Vanity Fair party at the Hotel du Cap, but that's starting to look dicey.

There's also Pablo Larrain's Tony Manero, which is having a Director's Fortnight showing at 10 pm this evening. I missed the 8:30 am screening of Walter Salles' Linha de Passe. I don't have to make journalistic history every day. I can just attend a few things and shufle around and write what I write when I get to it.