SXSW in 60 Seconds: Sunday, March 14, 2010

**

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2010/03/sxsw60031410.jpg

Celebrity Sightings:** Erik Davis snapped the above photo of our own Jen Yamato interviewing *Elektra Luxx*****actresses Malin Ackerman, Carla Gugino and Emmanuelle Chriqui outside the Paramount Theater. And while not in-person, Erik also spotted Emma Roberts in the most random billboard ever.

Our Coverage: Jen Yamato talked to the ***Kick-Ass ***cast and creators about Kick-Ass 2, in which co-star Clark Dukemay take the War Machine role: “I’ve already gotten multiple promises from all of them – Matthew and Mark and John, all the apostles – that I get a costume.”

Jen was also on a panel called Hyperbole In Film Criticism & Analysis with fellow *Cinematical *writers Scott Weinberg and Erik Childress, as well as friends James Rocchi (MSN Movies), Drew McWeeny (HitFix) and Marjorie Baumgarten (Austin Chronicle). indieWIRE’s Anne Thompson live-Tweeted the event, calling it “depressing.” She noted that Childress called Pete Hammond a “whore extreme” and
[quoted]
(http://twitter.com/akstanwyck/status/10478979666) McWeeny as claiming *Twilight *is “culturally dangerous” and that Siskel & Ebert’s thumbs were “deadly to film culture.” Rocchi admitted, “if I were a whore or a gigolo I’d be much thinner.” Neil Miller of *FIlm School Rejects *also followed the panel on Twitter. He quotes Weinberg, then responds: “‘I take what I do seriously. I have a lot of respect for my profession.’ That’s the lesson here, kids.”

Continue reading SXSW in 60 Seconds: Sunday, March 14, 2010