With the release of Speed Racer, it's becoming clear that the Wachowskis are not unlike David Mamet or Wes Anderson in that they have their own distinctive, consistent filmmaking style. It's their ...

The best aspect of the new "live action" movie Speed Racer is that it's everything a fan of the original 1960s Japanese anime cartoon could wish for in a modern, big money, computer-enhanced ...

Greetings, flesh-based life forms! LOLtron welcomes you to another thrilling comic book preview, brought to you by your soon-to-be supreme digital overlord. As loyal ...

On the weekend of May 9, 2008, Speed Racer opened in theaters. Directed by the Wachowskis, the live-action adaptation of the popular anime of the same name was anticipated to be one of the big movies ...

The movie Speed Racer opens Thursday. It's based on the Japanese animated series that was a hit with American kids in the late 1960s. The movie is directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, who directed ...

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The Wachowskis’ Speed Racer movie isn’t the first reinvention of the rubber-burning cartoon since its 1960s heyday. There’s been a long line of Racer relaunches, sequels and spin-offs, many of them ...

In a summer full of remakes, rehashes and sequels, it’s good to see something fresh. And let’s face it, Batman, Iron Man, The Hulk and even Doctor Jones are about original as William Shatner’s hair.

The circumstances cause the gifted Emile Hirsch to leap into another kind of wild — the digital kind — to save the day. Hirsch damn near does the impossible, turning the cartoon Speed Racer into ...