FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Die hard fanatics of The Matrix know that filmmakers Larry and Andy Wachowski haven't ever spoken to the press since 1999, when Matrix first premiered. Its been nine years and they still haven't broken their anti-press stance, remaining absent during Speed Racer promotions. However, our favorite critic-turned-blogger Roger Ebert randomly ran into the brothers after a screening of a newly...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Larry and Andy Wachowski are notoriously elusive. They don’t do press for any of their movies, in fact they don’t talk to anyone or show up anywhere, at least not on the record. They don’t do pictures either, and outside of a couple of paparazzi shots floating around out there, the general public has not seen or heard from them in person for well, many, many years. The last real Wachowski...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Somehow I missed this on Thursday, but apparently so did everyone else, since I didn't see it linked anywhere. Roger Ebert was hanging out at a post-production studio in Chicago, watching the restored new print of The Godfather , when he was unexpectedly joined by Larry and Andy Wachowski, the famously inaccessible duo behind The Matrix , Speed Racer , and (people forget) Bound . Afterward,...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
With Speed Racer , writer/director/producers Andy and Larry Wachowski have taken a fairly popular animated television series from my childhood and turned it into a long, sometimes thrilling, more often boring, occasional eye popping mess. The Wachowski Brothers try to create a live action cartoon but forget that even live action cartoons need interesting stories and dialogue.
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
... room, devoid of all the bells, whistles and an obnoxious preview audience directors Larry and Andy Wachowski's labor of love was stripped of all its distractions, the emptiness of the script and the colossal unfocused nature of it all suddenly front and center for everyone to see. While this is supposed to be a movie about flashy visuals and heartfelt family values, what it all adds...
High-Def Digest: Blu-ray Disc News (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
... no one was able to get the project off the ground. That is until fallen-angel directors Larry and Andy Wachowski (still recovering from the beating they received in the aftermath of the ‘Matrix’ sequels) signed on to bring ‘Speed Racer’ to the big screen. The rest, they say, is history. The Wachowskis' colorful production was released into a critical firestorm that derided...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
DUE OUT TUESDAYSPEED RACER (Warner) Vibrant and eye-popping live-action cartoon, based on the 1960s Japanese anime, is one long sugar rush. Kinetic, digitally enhanced film by Larry and Andy Wachowski, who created the "Matrix" f...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
... of the great films I am able to put myself further in debt every week. Speed Racer Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski. Cast: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox. Rated: Rated PG for sequences of action, some violence and language. Synopsis: Acid trip…race cars…incomplete thoughts. Why Buy It': Anyone who has been reading this column...
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... HOLLYWOOD — Eddie Murphy’s career seemed to be on the rebound. Until this summer. Larry and Andy Wachowski had been box-office gold. Then “Speed Racer” crashed and burned. And not that long ago, 20th Century Fox could peddle the most middling movies Source: www.azcentral.com High School Student Packs for the Arctic - Saskatoonhomepage A Saskatchewan high school student is joining...
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... HOLLYWOOD — Eddie Murphy’s career seemed to be on the rebound. Until this summer. Larry and Andy Wachowski had been box-office gold. Then “Speed Racer” crashed and burned. And not that long ago, 20th Century Fox could peddle the most middling movies Source: www.azcentral.com
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... Eagle HOLLYWOOD - Eddie Murphy’s career seemed to be on the rebound. Until this summer. Larry and Andy Wachowski had been box-office gold. Then “Speed Racer” crashed and burned. And not that long ago, 20th Century Fox could peddle the most middling movies Source: www.kansas.com
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Eddie Murphy's career seemed to be on the rebound. Until this summer. Larry and Andy Wachowski had been box-office gold. Then "Speed Racer" crashed and burned. And not that long ago, 20th Century Fox could peddle the most middling movies. But there was no...
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
... record - Los Angeles Times EDDIE MURPHY’S career was on the rebound. Until this summer. Larry and Andy Wachowski had been box-office gold. Then ” Speed Racer” crashed and burned. And not that long ago, 20th Century Fox could peddle the most middling movies. But there was no Source: www.latimes.com
LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
EDDIE MURPHY'S career was on the rebound. Until this summer.Larry and Andy Wachowski had been box-office gold. Then " Speed Racer" crashed and burned.And not that long ago, 20th Century Fox could peddle the most middling movies. But there was no such magic for " Space Chimps," " The Rocker" or "The X-Files: I Want to Believe."Related Photos: Those, however, were the few exceptions to...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
EDDIE MURPHY'S career was on the rebound. Until this summer.Larry and Andy Wachowski had been box-office gold. Then " Speed Racer" crashed and burned.And not that long ago, 20th Century Fox could peddle the most middling movies. But there was no such magic for " Space Chimps," " The Rocker" or "The X-Files: I Want to Believe."Related Photos: Those, however, were the few exceptions to...
