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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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George Butler's Going Upriver: The

George Butler's Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (ThinkFilm, opening soon) "brings to the surface a Kerry I didn't know existed: charismatic, idealistic, eloquent. {So] who turned this brave leader in to a Stepford candidate?" writes critic B. Ruby Rich. "Activist groups like MoveOn.org could do worse than buy airtime to show Kerry's historic testimony in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a passionate attack on failed foreign policies and warmongering. Yeah, just the kind of speech he ought to deliver now in 2004."

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 23, 2004 at 11:29 PM

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