In “Cloud Atlas,” the Wachowskis wildly overreached while tackling the notion of reincarnation via a daring, genre-spanning nonlinear narrative that challenged the very limits of conventional ...
“Jupiter Ascending,” despite having a cast full of famous names and some incredible cinematography, seemed more like an awkward cross between “Twilight” and “Star Wars” than the smart, thrilling ...
Lisa Laman is a life-long movie fan, writer, and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic located both on the autism spectrum and in Texas. Given that her first word was "Disney", Lisa Laman was "doomed" from ...
It has been 16 years since siblings Lana and Andy Wachowski introduced the world to The Matrix, so maybe it's easy to understand how they've forgotten everything that made that movie work. Jupiter ...
Whenever someone brings up Lana and Lilly Wachowski's body of work, The Matrix is always at the center of the conversation. Maybe Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas get some mentions thanks to their vocal ...
Creating new science fiction movies is hard. In the current decade, science fiction sequels and franchise installments are far more common than original films. And when it comes to massive space opera ...
It’s never a good sign when a movie gets its release date pushed back. Unfortunately, “Jupiter Ascending,” a film originally slated for last summer, is not the exception to that rule. “Jupiter” is the ...
Epic fails come in two indigestible flavors: Cynical blockbusters, like the kind Michael Bay makes, that hold audiences in contempt for buying whatever swill they spew out. And disasters in which you ...
Another ambitious effort from the Wachowskis that possesses familiar sci-fi genre elements, but anyone hoping for the old 'Matrix' magic will be disappointed. By Todd McCarthy Jupiter Ascending Still ...
“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back.” You can hear Morpheus’ words blaring in your ears the further and further you go into the Wachowski siblings’ latest film, Jupiter ...