Assignment 9: This is Atrocious
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
What makes a horrible film?
So, this is Austin Cinephile, a place for the collection [...]
IRON MAN 2 (2010) launches the summer movie season
Dir. Jon Favreau
Alamo Ritz, 5/12/10, 8:45pm
In 2008, Iron Man shocked moviegoers and box office prognosticators alike when a superhero without much established buzz wowed the crowds and delivered big bucks back to the studios. Similar to Johnny Depp’s mega-star turn as Jack Sparrow in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Robert Downey Jr. [...]
Downey Jr. has eye on second franchise in SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)
Dir. Guy Ritchie
Cinemark Tinseltown 15 (Beaumont, TX), 12/26/09, 10:35pm
Watching Robert Downey Jr. play the title role in director Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, I couldn’t help but think of Harrison Ford, or, more specifically, what appears to be Downey Jr.’s ambitions toward becoming the new Harrison Ford. Having already played the greedy, self-preserving but ultimately [...]
