The greatest movie you may never see. Japan, you never cease to amaze me. [ Editor's Note : Hitoshi Matsumoto's superhero mockumentary is rated PG-13 for “monster sexuality” (for reals), and is currently playing in New York and LA.]

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1. Movie Review: Big Man Japan
2. IGN: ‘Big Man Japan is basically Hancock if it were a Japanese film.’
3. Hitoshi Matsumoto Wikipedia

MOVIE BUZZ: The casting director of Shelter , a Julianne Moore/Jonathan Rhys Meyers horror movie about to start filming, was fired after putting out a call for inbred-looking people to play West Virginia hillbillies. West Virginians were not amused. We wonder, don’t they have makeup artists for that sort of thing? Interestingly, a British government minister only got a slap on the wrist for his recent comments about British Muslims’ inbred look.

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1. Film’s Casting Call Wants That “Inbred” Look
2. Casting Director Fired After Seeking Actors with That “Inbreeding” Look
3. Casting Notice: Look “Unusual?” You Can Be In Julianne Moore’s Pittsburgh Movie
4. W.Va. Boils at “Inbred” Epithet; Movie Casting Director Fired
5. Casting Director Fired After W.Va. Protests New Film That Uses Negative Stereotypes
6. Brush Your Tooth: Casting Call Wants That Inbred Look
7. Downing Street Rebuke for Minister Who Warned of Birth Defects in Pakistani Cousin Marriages
8. Minister Warns of “Inbred” Muslims

MOVIE BUZZ: The mysterious monster from Cloverfield will be available as a toy. Though the look of the Cloverfield monster is a closely guarded secret, Hasbro has begun taking orders for a toy version that will ship September 30, 2008. Though no image is provided, some think NBC may have planted a spoiler in Kenneth’s dream journal on 30 Rock .

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1. Cloverfield Monster Toy Images
2. Buy Cloverfield Movie Monster Toy for $99.99
3. Orders Being Accepted for the Cloverfield Monster Toy
4. Kenneth from 30 Rock’s Dream Journal: Cloverfield Monster?
5. Trogdor vs. The Cloverfield monster
6. Cloverfield Monster is Asian
7. Own Your Own Cloverfield Monster Toy
8. Details On the Cloverfield Monster Toy
9. Cloverfield Monster In Your House!
10. Hasbro Creates The Cloverfield Monster In Toy Form

MOVIE BUZZ: With a new trailer, a new official site (plus several new viral marketing sites), buzz for the secret J.J. Abrams Movie is building steadily. As long as it’s better than Snakes On A Plane , we’ll all be happy. Update: Cloverfield reviews have been great so far!

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The Best Links:

1. LAist Interview: Matt Reeves, Director of Cloverfield
2. Watch 5 Minutes of “Cloverfield”
3. Secrets of the SNAFU Behind the Name “Cloverfield”
4. ‘Cloverfield’ Monster Gets its Own Toy - Cinematical
5. Theories on the Whisper at the End of Cloverfield
6. “They Have Created a Classic”
7. Will her role in Cloverfield make Odette Yustman a star?
8. Cloverfield Reviews on Mahalo
9. The Cloverfield Monster Is…Manhattan?
10. Tracking All the Cloverfield Clues
11. TAGRUATO CORP.
12. Slusho! You Can’t Drink Just Six
13. T.I.D.O. WAVE
14. Massive Fan Forum on All Things Cloverfield
15. The Cloverfield Teaser
16. CLOVERFIELD: 1-18-08
17. Early, Possibly Planted Cloverfield Reviews (Slight Spoilers)
18. One Cast Member: The Speculation Is Way Off…
19. Rearrange the Photos (And Try Flipping Them…)
20. Trolling The Teaser For Clues
21. Interview With Cloverfield Star TJ Miller
22. Nevermind the Monster - Cloverfield Is All About 9/11
23. 25 Production Photos
24. Cameraman T.J. Miller Talks Monsters, Manohla Dargis, Underpants