Posts by Dan Silver
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Trailers of the Week: Fast & Furious 6, Aftershock, Red 2, and More
Pacific Rim — WonderCon Trailer (July 12) Silver: There’s a great Monty Python sketch in which a writer creates a joke so funny it’s lethal — so deadly that during WWII both the Nazis and the Allied forces attempt to weaponize it, but as a precaution, can only translate the joke one word at a time. This […]
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Trailers of the Week: Thor: The Dark World, The Bling Ring, Monsters University, and More
The Wolverine — Japanese Trailer (July 26) Silver: I really hope that The Wolverine is not like its bloated and unfocused predecessor OR a feeble attempt to force in connective tissue from past and future X-Men cinema adventures. There are so many nuances contained within the character that have yet to be explored. So a win for us all […]
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Trailers of the Week: Catching Fire, R.I.P.D., Star Trek: Into Darkness, and More
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Teaser (November 22) Silver: The withholding of imagery from the actual Hunger Games themselves was blatant in the marketing of the first film — the trailer gave only a brief glimpse of Tributes darting off their posts, choosing instead to focus on the characters, and specifically on Katniss’s plight. […]
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Trailers of the Week: Rush, The Hangover Part III, Elysium, and Now You See Me
Rush (September 20) Silver: I’ve come back around on Ron Howard. For me, the hyperbolic sentimentality of his films and his overly lavish set pieces always felt like he was trying too hard. I tend to not like films that are so blatantly campaigning for an Oscar, and would rather a film’s innate importance be […]
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Trailers of the Week: The Great Gatsby, This Is the End, Carrie, and More
Silver: Rem, happy “(Mostly) Single Sentence Movie Trailer Review Friday”. It’s my favorite day. Browne: This is going to still take six hours. LET’S GO. 2 Guns (August 2) Silver: If all that was ever released from 2 Guns was this trailer I’d be happy, so just imagine the elation I’m feeling knowing that a […]
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Trailers of the Week: Pain & Gain, The Wolverine, Riddick, and More
White House Down (June 28) Silver: A Roland Emmerich film about the White House being attacked and a 2:17 trailer that doesn’t reveal either of its leading men till 1:11. And these aren’t just your run-of-the-mill Emmerich leads (i.e., John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Matthew Broderick, Dennis Quaid), these are two legit above-the-line talents. One is […]
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Trailers of the Week: The Bling Ring, To the Wonder, The Lone Ranger, and More
Kick-Ass 2 — Red Band (August 16) Silver: What I loved about the first Kick-Ass (and I did loooove the first Kick-Ass) was that despite its cheeky tone and comic-book sheen, the film never shied away from depicting how deeply disturbed each of its characters were. These were mortal humans, who felt pain, bled, and […]
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Trailers of the Week: Iron Man 3, Much Ado About Nothing, Frances Ha, and More
The Hangover Part III (May 24) Silver: Because of its blatant recycling of plot points and gags, at one point I considered The Hangover Part II one of the biggest wasted opportunities to hit the big screen. But I’m not gonna lie, I’ve warmed up to it quite a bit. After subsequent (and multiple) cable viewings, […]
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Trailers of the Week: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, Eden, In the House, and More
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (September 27) Silver: I was pleasantly surprised and thoroughly entertained by the first Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. I’d initially disregarded it as yet another Hollywood studio’s half-baked attempt to enter the world of animation, but the writer/director team of Phil Lord and Chris Miller put together […]
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Trailers of the Week: Spring Breakers, About Last Night, Gallowwalkers, and More
Spring Breakers — Red Band (March 15 — Limited / March 22 — Wide) Silver: I’ve been more curious about this film than I’ve been excited. All the trailers/promos haven’t helped dissuade my apprehensions that this was anything more than a barely legal circus of exploitative debauchery. I’m no prude. When expectations are set properly […]
