Here is the most recent Iron Man 2 trailer. It’s promoting a blockbuster scheduled for an early May release, but it shows way too much.  Consider this a disclaimer, for as much as everyone likes to see whatever is available, trailers such as these tend to take the bloom off the rose.
It feels almost like [...]

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.
Click on the picture of [...]

Like most everyone else, The Daily Helping loves Samuel L Jackson. He’s like Michael Cain in that he’ll sign on to do any movie that won’t conflict with the shooting schedule of another. Sometimes his roles are fantastic (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Unbreakable) and sometimes they’re downright laughable, (xXx, Snakes on the Plane, Black Snake [...]

The Academy Award Nominations were announced early this morning.  There were some minor surprises among those nominated and those that weren’t, but all in all it should be a pretty interesting award show.
Here are some of the major categories and a few of my thoughts on who might win.
BEST PICTURE
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE [...]

Tonite are the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association needs no help in promoting their star-studded, network televised event.  The show is pretty glitzy and the blending of television and film stars generally makes this one of the more popular award shows.  Though the judges represent 55 different countries and about 200 foreign entertainment [...]