Tag: The Matrix

  • Year Of The Vampire: Blade Day-Walked So Other Superheroes And Vampire Hunters Could Run

    Year Of The Vampire: Blade Day-Walked So Other Superheroes And Vampire Hunters Could Run

    (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.)In 1998, a year before “The Matrix” and two years before the first live-action “X-Men” movie, a superhero arrived in a trench coat, black leather, and dark…

  • Chinese Netizens Rage at Keanu Reeves Over Tibet Stance

    Chinese Netizens Rage at Keanu Reeves Over Tibet Stance

    Chinese nationalists are threatening to boycott the recently-released sci-fi blockbuster “The Matrix: Resurrections” as news about its star Keanu Reeves joining the Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert in March spread across mainland China social media.The backlash from angry Chinese patriots known as “little pinks,” the term for an informal army of young nationalists who often…

  • The Matrix Resurrections Star Jessica Henwick Helps Bring The Matrix Back To Life [Interview]

    The Matrix Resurrections Star Jessica Henwick Helps Bring The Matrix Back To Life [Interview]

    Audiences couldn’t have asked for a much cooler tour guide through The Matrix than Bugs. The new hero, played by actress Jessica Henwick, helps ease viewers back into the Wachowskis’ world with a bang in “The Matrix Resurrections.” Bugs is, as Henwick says, the audience’s eyes, and the performer has a lot of heavy lifting…

  • Here’s Why Morpheus Looks Different In The Matrix Resurrections

    Here’s Why Morpheus Looks Different In The Matrix Resurrections

    “It’s the question that drives us. It’s the question that brought you here.””What is the Matrix?”And why does Morpheus look different in “The Matrix Resurrections?”With his pince-nez glasses, black trench coat, and measured diction, Laurence Fishburne made an indelible impression as Morpheus in “The Matrix” in 1999. Fishburne went on to reprise his iconic role…

  • The Matrix Resurrections Credits Scene Explained: Movies Are Dead

    The Matrix Resurrections Credits Scene Explained: Movies Are Dead

    “The Matrix Resurrections” is in theaters (and on HBO Max) right now, so feel free to jack back in at your earliest convenience. Since this is a sequel in a massive blockbuster franchise, you’re probably wondering if there’s a credits scene to help set up the future of “The Matrix.” Well, buckle up, folks, because “The…

  • So Is The Matrix Online Still Canon Or Not?

    So Is The Matrix Online Still Canon Or Not?

    This article contains major spoilers for “The Matrix Resurrections.”In the mid-to-late 2000s, after the back-to-back sequels “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions” landed in 2003, the mythology and world of “The Matrix” carried on in an Mmorpg (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) that was appropriately dubbed “The Matrix Online.” The idea behind this game…

  • The Matrix Resurrections’ Deus Machina Explained

    The Matrix Resurrections’ Deus Machina Explained

    This post contains heavy spoilers for “The Matrix Resurrections.”In “The Matrix Resurrections,” Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) is back at his desk on the floor of an office building, but this time, he’s not stuck in a cubicle. In fact, he’s got a much nicer office because he’s the greatest video game designer of his generation.In…

  • The Matrix Resurrections Won’t Kick Off Another Trilogy

    The Matrix Resurrections Won’t Kick Off Another Trilogy

    The announcement of a legacy sequel to a classic film always comes with a certain amount of reservations from fans, not all of which are completely unfounded. Will the new one tarnish our memories of the original? Is there any chance of recapturing the magic from the first time around? Have studio expectations and audience…

  • Have we witnessed the death of the Hollywood remake?

    Have we witnessed the death of the Hollywood remake?

    Meagre turnout for West Side Story shows that these days, the way to cash in on intellectual property is via sequels and rebootsSo far, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story hasn’t had audiences pirouetting and finger-clicking their way to cinemas. There are plenty of reasons why; the main one relating to a certain global pandemic. But…

  • The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To The Star Wars Prequels, Creating Bleeding Prosthetics In Movies & More

    The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To The Star Wars Prequels, Creating Bleeding Prosthetics In Movies & More

    (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)In this edition, the VFX artists from Corridor Crew bring in special…