March 22, 2019

Episode 140 - THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS


Everything that has a beginning, has an end: so it is for Matrix March and for The Matrix Revolutions, the Wagnerian grand finale of the Wachowskis' cyberpunk saga. The war between humans and machines comes to a head in this battle-heavy installment, while Neo and company confront a literal deus ex machina. The air of inevitability hangs heavy over this movie: is it an anticlimax, or just a different kind of answer to our questions?

Andrew McNally takes his final bow as our personal Matrix guru, and is joined by new recruit Gensho Tasaka as we all take one final journey down the rabbit hole.  For Zion!


The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Written and directed by the Wachowskis
Produced by Joel Silver
Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Harry J. Lennix, Harold Perrineau, Nona Gaye, Clayton Watson, Nathaniel Lees, Bruce Spence, and Mary Alice

Follow the white rabbit to our Matrix content:
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded

The Animatrix
The Matrix Revolutions

March 15, 2019

Episode 139 - THE ANIMATRIX


Matrix March keeps on scrolling with The Animatrix, an anthology that once bridged the gap between big-screen sequels, and today stands as one of the most unique and ambitious tie-ins of a major Hollywood production. The nine segments featured present an up close and personal view of a technology-fueled dystopia, and offer plenty more philosophical questions for us to debate.

Andrew McNally returns as we shift our focus from massive Australian soundstages to Japanese animation studios and American effects houses. The archives of Zion are open and waiting to be explored. A new world awaits you...


The Animatrix (2003)
Segments directed by Peter Chung, Andrew R. Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Mahiro Maeda, Koji Morimoto, and Shinichiro Watanabe
Segments written by Peter Chung, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Koji Morimoto, Shinichiro Watanabe, and the Wachowskis
Starring Kevin Michael Richardson, Pamela Adlon, Hedy Burress, Phil LaMarr, Victor Williams, James Arnold Taylor, John DiMaggio, Melinda Clarke, Clayton Watson, Carrie-Ann Moss, and Keanu Reeves

Follow the white rabbit to our Matrix content:
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded

The Animatrix
The Matrix Revolutions

March 8, 2019

Episode 138 - THE MATRIX RELOADED


The Matrix was quite naturally perfect, a work of art, flawless, sublime. However, it was the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite our sincerest efforts has led us, inexorably, here: Matrix March. Ergo, we begin our journey through the rest of the groundbreaking sci-fi franchise with The Matrix Reloaded.

Concordantly, we have again recruited one of Zion's most loyal sons, Andrew McNally, to help us reflect the varying grotesqueries of our nature through our reactions to this polarizing sequel and its place in an ambitious multimedia narrative. Apropos, we hope you will join us on our quest to find the source, and enjoy the rest of Matrix March.


The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Written and directed by the Wachowskis
Produced by Joel Silver
Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lambert Wilson, Monica Bellucci, Harold Perrineau, Helmut Bakaitis, and Gloria Foster

Follow the white rabbit to our Matrix content:
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded

The Animatrix
The Matrix Revolutions