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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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Slumdog Millionaire

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Attaboy's to the principal IFP

Attaboy's to the principal IFP Spirit Awward nominees, i.e., those with three nominations or more. The big winner was Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale with six -- Baumbach for Best Director and Best Screenplay, Jeff Daniels for Best Male Lead, Laura Linney for Best Female Lead, and Jesse Eisenberg (one of the more intriguing young actors out there as well as a very cool, sharp and thoughtful dude to shoot the shit with) for Best Supporting Male performance. Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, Bennett Miller's Capote, George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck and Tommy Lee Jones' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada got four each. Congrats to Team Capote's Dan Futterman for his Best Screenplay nomination. And a hearty "good going" to Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco, Mark R. Harris, Don Cheadle, et., al. over Crash's being nominated for Best First Feature.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 29, 2005 at 10:57 AM

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