Daniel Craig (Casino Royale), Olivia Wilde (Year One), Harrison Ford (Indy and Han Solo) , Sam Rockwell (Moon) and Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood) are all onboard Director Jon Favreau’s (Ironman 1 & 2) latest comic book adaptation “Cowboys & Aliens.”
In what sounds like a pitch conjured on the playground, a group of [...]

In what may be the most eclectic cast for an exploitation action film, “Machete” is slowly building some attention ahead of it’s September launch.
“Machete” is director Robert Rodriguez’s (El Mariachi, From Dusk til Dawn)  full length spin-off from his fake trailer featured within the campy “Grindhouse” double bill.
The film follows Machete Cortez, played by [...]

If the Daily Helping had a mission statement, it probably would mention that the entries be positive and informative and low on gossip. Particularly negative gossip. There are plenty of other venues for that kind of content.
With that said, sometimes stories about “celebrities” are just too good not to share and this one seems to [...]

Kick Ass, the ultra violent comic book film has not been received particularly well by the critics, but the message from the box office however has validated the appeal of handing an automatic weapon to little girls.
Many would be surprised that this isn’t the first film to feature pixies with silencers.  There was a fantastic [...]

“Zombieland” was a break-out hit for previously unknown director Ruben Fleischer.  What happens when an unknown director delivers a surprise hit? He finds his mailbox filled with scripts and offers and he can pick and choose where before he would have jumped at doing a Pepsi commercial.
A 3D sequel to “Zombieland” is [...]

It’s common knowledge that a lot of films are born with a single pitch. A writer or director may have an idea for a film but the window to sell the story is very small. It helps if you can refer to other, successful films where the plot and characters are well known.
A pitch for [...]

The Daily Helping is proud to present our personal favorites for the past ten years.  Now please note that this in no way implies that these are the best artistic efforts for the decade. That’s a bit pretentious.  Instead these are personal favorites that speak to a particular taste.
If you’ve taken the time to put [...]

A few weeks ago, Daily Helping let you know about a violent little movie called, Kick Ass. It’s another live action film adaptation of a very popular series of illustrated novels by legendary comic book writer,  Mark Millar (Wanted, which became a movie last year) and illustrated by John Romita Jr. (One of the premier [...]

Though there won’t be sign of the movie until the Spring of 2010, the hype machine has begun to let us know that Robert Downey Jr. is coming back as Iron Man and this is going to be one of those few sequels that surpasses the quality of the first film.
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