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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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Taken on the balcony of suite #1418 at the Four Seasons Hotel prior to my Guillermo del Toro sit-down two days ago -- Sunday, 6.29.08, 5:40 pm

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 1, 2008 at 1:44 PM

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iamwhoiam says ...

Jeff, i had to come here and tell you that you could not be more right about Wanted. What a disgusting, perverted piece of shit. Made me hate movies for a couple of hours. Thank god i didn't have to pay for this crap.

Posted by iamwhoiam at July 1, 2008 2:22 PM

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John Y says ...

What a nice view... and you're going to try to convince me that you don't like L.A.?

Posted by John Y at July 1, 2008 3:14 PM

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Killingtheday says ...

Cool! I can see my apartment!

But don't you think that the 4 seasons in LA is kind of a shithole compared to the rest of the ones out there? What the hell is up with the creepy statues reading the newspaper by the valet? They look like Nipsey Russell in The Wiz.

Posted by Killingtheday at July 1, 2008 4:35 PM

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