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Writer: The Wachowskis

The Wachowskis wrote The Matrix and then spent two sequels and a career arguing with what audiences took from it. Two credits are reviewed here: Speed Racer at 7 out of 10 and the Matrix sequels at 5.

Speed Racer sits in his colorful race car, which has impossible geometry and bright, flat colors with no shadows, designedTatsuo Yoshida

Speed Racer (2008) Review

Speed Racer (2008) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The Wachowskis spent a hundred and twenty million dollars building a candy-colored world with no shadows in it, made ninety-four back, and produced the most misunderstood studio film…

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The Matrix (1999) film posterThe Wachowskis

The Matrix (1999) Review

The Wachowskis accomplished something that almost never happens in blockbuster cinema: they made a philosophy lecture into one of the most viscerally entertaining action films ever made, and the philosophy and the action are the same thing. This review is…

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