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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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On the occasion of its Venice Film Festival showing, Variety's David Rooney has gone thumbs-down on Douglas McGrath's Infamous, the other Truman Capote-writes-"In Cold Blood" movie from Warner Independent (opening 10.13). "There was an integrity and character- complexity to Bennett Miller 's Capote that's missing from this glossier biopic...none of it rings true...Infamous doesn't measure up to its predecessor and seems unlikely to echo the attention it received." But Hollywod Reporter critic Kirk Honeycutt thinks it's pretty damn good. Infamous, he writes early on, "gives you the unique opportunity to see how two sets of filmmakers can take exactly the same story, make extremely tough though different choices in emphasis and tone and achieve brilliant movies." Go figure. I've seen it, but no review until the Toronto Film Festival.