When Speed Racer was originally released, the movie received less than favorable reviews. Premiering in 2008, the movie launched with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 42%. Directed by The Matrix directors ...

In May 2008, nearly five years after the release of their previous movie, The Matrix Revolutions, The Wachowskis came back to the big screen with their next directorial effort: a massive and massively ...

Capsule reviews of DVD releases follow: SPEED RACER (Warner Home Video, ’08) $28.98. 135 minutes. The Wachowski Brothers (Andy and Larry) offer a hyper, live-action remake of the ’60s cartoon. With ...

For a franchise that only has one movie adaptation, released almost 20 years ago, Speed Racer has managed to retain an impressive and passionate fan base. The cult following that the film earned over ...

Fifteen years ago, Lana and Lilly Wachowski were waiting to see how the world would react to Speed Racer (2008), their joyfully demented adaptation of Tatsuo Yoshida’s anime series that ultimately ...

There is no film in the 21st century that lives more up to the title of "cult classic" than Speed Racer. A notorious box office bomb, savaged and thrown away by critics, it was seen as an ...