Discland
edited by Jonathan Doyle
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)

Lockstep

By neglecting to mention (a) my knock-knock, plain-as-day comments about the wisdom of hiring the right actor for your movie regardless of his/her political affiliation, a view that all first-rate filmmakers have long adhered to, and (b) my having thoroughly considered claims of liberal Hollywood prejudice against Hollywood conservatives in a fair-minded article for Los Angeles magazine that ran in late '94, Washington Times columnist Andrew Breitbart has shown himself to be an obedient conservative loyalist by sticking to the regimented attack line. But it's nice of AB to call HE "influential."


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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 4, 2008 at 1:08 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Wells you must be the last guy who reads the Washington Times

Posted by BurmaShave at August 4, 2008 1:52 PM

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p.Vice says ...

Influential? Are you planning to sue for defamation?

This article really is hilarious... is it implying that if you're busted for making racial/sexist comments you're not allowed to write a newspaper column anymore? I can't really tell what this guy's point is other than drag a few names through the mud.

Posted by p.Vice at August 4, 2008 2:07 PM

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Josh says ...

You come out looking better than Bart. Who is just foolish.

Can you argue with anything AB said?

Posted by Josh at August 5, 2008 8:03 AM

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C-PhreekII says ...

Enjoy the free press while it lasts. At least it's being confined to blatantly right wing publications where it can only net you more viewers.

Posted by C-PhreekII at August 5, 2008 11:47 AM

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