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Wednesday, Oct 28
Podcast: Brad Pitt & Josh Brolin Behind the Steering Wheel in Go Like Hell?
The film is based on A.J. Baime's non-fiction book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans, which tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and former racing champ turned engineer, Carroll Shelby,...
Monday, Feb 16
Rumor: Zac Efron and Dwayne Johnson for Jonny Quest?
One project we haven't heard from in a long time is Jonny Quest. I was a big Jonny Quest fan when I was a kid and was very excited when we first reported last August that it was headed to the big screen. However, it has gotten lost in a bit of production hell at Warner Brothers, namely because of the f...
Tuesday, Jan 6
The Shazam Movie is Dead - John August Explains Why
In retrospect, I can point to two summer Warner Bros. movies that I believe defined the real issue at hand: Speed Racer and The Dark Knight. The first flopped; the second triumphed. Given only those two examples, one can understand why a studio might wish for their movies to be more like the lat...
Monday, Jan 5
Sound Off: Best Movies Scores of 2008 - What Are Your Favorites?
First off, I also loved that Speed Racer score. Giacchino is a musical genius and his recent work ("Lost", "Fringe", Ratatouille, Speed Racer) proves it. No wonder J.J. Abrams hired him to do the score for the new Star Trek. As much as I love Giacchino's work, however, my top pick for best score/s...
Wednesday, Dec 31
Marco's Official Top 10 Film Experiences of 2008
Completely misunderstood when first released, Speed Racer was the biggest eye orgasm of 2008. The colors and its production design popped off the screen and for all their hard work, the Wachowski Brothers got decimated by critics everywhere. If you have a Blu-Ray player, the best way to ex...
Monday, Dec 29
The 19 Best Movies That You Didn't See in 2008
Follows the adventures of Speed Racer, a young race car driver who sits behind the wheel of the lightning-fast Mach 5 racecar. Aided by his family and his devoted girlfriend, Speed racks up victory after victory, but still lives in the shadow of his late older brother, Rex. When Speed garner...
Monday, Dec 8
Richard Corliss of TIME Magazine's Top 10 of 2008
In his write-up on Speed Racer, Corliss takes a shot at those who ignored the film during its theatrical run. "Not every avant-garde FX masterpiece receives instant audience validation," he says. "Operating a pitch of delirious precision, the movie is a rich, cartoonish dream: non-stop...
Sunday, Jun 15
Sunday Discussion: Killing the Experience - Trailers Showing Too Much
I think the problem is exactly that. The studios know that they've got to sell the movie, and if it's too hard to actually get people to see it based on buzz (as was the case with The Happening), they then show some of the really good parts that might convince people to go. Unfortunately those sce...
Tuesday, May 20
Opinion: Interpreting Speed Racer's Box Office Failure
Unfortunately, I think the best way to say it is that Speed Racer isn't meant for everyone. But they wanted to try and make it for everyone. And that's where they ran into problems. When there is so much to juggle and so many audiences to please, it sometimes becomes just too challenging of a task....
Sunday, May 11
Ken's Review: Speed Racer - A Wonderful Experience of Visual Overload
Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) races for one thing, the love of the sport. He has made his way to the top and has become the hottest name in racing. Not wanting to race for any corporate sponsor, he decides to stay with his dad Pops (John Goodman) and keep it all within the family. Unfortunately, Roya...
Friday, May 9
Opinion: Sound Off: Speed Racer - What Did You Think?
Discover More: Discussion, Hype, Opinions Now that you've seen it, what did you think? We're now officially two weeks into the summer and that means the competition is really heating up. The Wachowski Brothers are back for the first time since finishing The Matrix Revolutions in 2003. Thi...
Wednesday, May 7
Speed Racer Review - A Vibrantly Entertaining Live-Action Cartoon
In comparison, Speed Racer isn't as finely crafted as either Iron Man or The Matrix, but it has a distinctive style and that's where the Wachowski's always shine. Emile Hirsch does a formidable job as Speed, considering almost everything in the film was CGI. Matthew Fox was underutilized a...
Friday, Mar 14
ShoWest: Warner Brothers' Summer to Remember
First things first, Joel Silver did confirm that it would be PG, no longer G. After watching this footage, for the first time I understood how they are going to pull this off. In simple terms, the Wachowski's are essentially creating the most literal interpretation of a live-action cartoon....
