Tag: The Matrix
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‘Polite Society’ Review: A Hyper-Creative Punch to the Gut of Feminine Expectations
The Khan sisters aren’t just big dreamers; they’re big doers. Well, sort of. The British-Pakistani siblings — including oldest sister Lena (Ritu Arya) and baby sib Ria (breakout star Priya Kansara) — have always strived to carve their own path in the world, but as Lena’s dreams of being an artist start to wane, Ria’s…
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19 Movies Like John Wick to Watch for More Stylish Action
John Wick as a film and trilogy learned from one of the other most influential action series of the last thirty years, The Matrix. They share the same lead actor in Keanu Reeves, and both adopt an underground rock/metal club vibe that they abandon in favor of the East Asian influence layered into their film.…
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Filming The First Mad Max Was A ‘Disaster’ In The Eyes Of Director George Miller
Like the hazy fogs that often coat their landscapes, dystopian and post-apocalyptic films are heavy and dense. They ponder frightening futures while critiquing present-day social issues that might lead us there. Visually, they are often gritty and bleak, with stark images of what might be waiting for us in the years to come.Any dystopian film…
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Keanu Reeves Would Love To Play Ghost Rider In The MCU
At this point, four phases in, Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios have enlisted dozens of Hollywood A-listers for the MCU frontlines. And big-name actors want to work for the franchise juggernaut too, but there remain a few names that haven’t yet made their first Marvel appearance. Enter Keanu Reeves. The “John Wick” and “The Matrix”…
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‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Review: Olivia Wilde Goes The Mystery Box Route With ‘The Stepford Wives’ Meets ‘The Matrix’ [Venice]
Following her outstanding and irreverent directorial debut, “Booksmart,” actor-turned-filmmaker Olivia Wilde returns with a much more ambitious effort in “Don’t Worry Darling.” Taking the mystery box route, “Twilight Zone” meets “The Stepford Wives,” with a little dash of “The Matrix,” the audacious film is ultimately a misfire because of its overextending mystery conceit. But regardless,…
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The Wachowskis Wanted The Matrix Trilogy To Change The Way We Watch Movies
Say what you will about the Wachowskis, but you can never accuse them of being timid. From “The Matrix” films to their groundbreaking TV series “Sense8,” these are two filmmakers who’ve always stuck to their visions and created art on their own terms. Nothing they’ve created has been as universally beloved as first “Matrix” film,…
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The Matrix’s Original Bullet-Time Method Was A Little Too Risky To Work
The term “bullet-time” was first used in the original script for “The Matrix,” in the context of the memorable sequence in which bullets glide through the air in slow motion while Neo (Keanu Reeves) bends back and evades them like a boss. The effect is still incredibly cool to see, even after so many years…
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A Particularly Tough Matrix Stunt Nearly Took Carrie-Anne Moss Out Of Commission
“The Matrix” was a mind-blowing film when it was first released. Now-famous aspects of the film, like the “bullet time” sequence, may no longer seem so exceptional, but they were like nothing that audiences of 1999 had ever seen. “The Matrix” broadened our perceptions of reality and kicked off a franchise with three sequels, including the…
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Michelle Yeoh, martial arts and the multiverse: inside the year’s wildest movie
Genre-bending hit Everything Everywhere All at Once is being called 2022’s first genuine masterpiece, a hugely inventive fantasy inspired by The MatrixThere’s a line Michelle Yeoh delivers in Everything Everywhere All at Once that surely resonates with everyone in this day and age: “Very busy today – no time to help you.”The internet has broken…
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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’: Michelle Yeoh Carries A Bold & Boundless Multiverse Spectacle [SXSW]
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” carries a surprising sci-fi staidness for the loony directors behind “Swiss Army Man,” until a character, after ingesting a chock full of pink chapstick, magically becomes a martial arts master, decimating the security guards patrolling a drab IRS office in the process. In Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s bold and…