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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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X costars Vincent Riverside (l.) and Eden Brolin (r.) flanking director-writer Josh Brolin at this evening's Fourth Annual HollyShorts Film Festival at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian theatre -- Thursday, 8.7.08, 8:05 pm. Here's my reaction to Brolin's short afte seeing it last February at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. Also shown was Martin Keegan's Verboten, a twisted relationship drama about a weirdo son with glazed eyes, a malevolent dad (played by Keegan) and the latter's attractive German-speaking girlfriend.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 7, 2008 at 11:41 PM

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kinks541 says ...

Josh Brolin is a damned pimp.

This thing available to watch online anywhere?

Posted by kinks541 at August 8, 2008 12:07 AM

comment #2

MickTravis says ...

So Brolin directed "X" and stars in "W" ?

I've heard good things about the next film he's producing, "Y," and I'm told he recently rented Costa Gravas' "Z."

Posted by MickTravis at August 8, 2008 8:43 AM

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