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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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Sky Wake

On Thursday evening the remnants of the company once known as New Line Cinema -- 48 people, although it could be more like 45 -- will be celebrating their annual summer shindig at Sky Bar. The theme of the party, I've been told, is "hey, we didn't get whacked!" Okay, I wasn't really told that.


Something in the vicinity of 450 L.A. New Line employees were guillotined last April as part of the Warner Bros.-mandated engulfment-and-downsizing, and that's not counting the New York staffers who were also given their walking papers. It's an old New Line tradition to have a big summer celebration in August and also a holiday party in December. NL production chief Tobey Emmerich could have decided to cancel the Thursday party as a gesture of mourning for the chopped ex-employees, but you have to grim up and live in the now.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 18, 2008 at 5:31 PM

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corey3rd says ...

wonder if David Chase will be their host.

Posted by corey3rd at August 18, 2008 6:00 PM

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scooterzz says ...

this party should be called 'target practice'.....if i were these guys, i'd be keeping a pretty low profile (not whooping it up at sky).....

Posted by scooterzz at August 18, 2008 8:10 PM

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Aladdin Sane says ...

Low profile in Hollywood? Is that possible?

Posted by Aladdin Sane at August 18, 2008 8:21 PM

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Yves says ...

Why does every city have a Sky Bar? Is that the highest they can think right now? Why not a Star Bar or Nova Bar? I supposed that's next. As for New Line, greed got the best of them after LOTR.

Posted by Yves at August 18, 2008 9:26 PM

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Supernetuser says ...

New Line Cinema fell prey to corporate downsizing? Was this after the writer's guild strike? Probably. Can't have those writer's striking now. They had many a reason to strike and cut short seasons for various TV shows I wait for DVD on anyway.

Posted by Supernetuser at August 19, 2008 12:27 PM

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