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  • The First Matrix: Resurrections Reactions Are Here

    The First Matrix: Resurrections Reactions Are Here

    The fourth instalment in The Matrix franchise won’t arrive until next week, but critics have gotten to see Resurrections and started sharing their early reactions. If you’re a fan, there’s some extremely good news — they (mostly) loved the film, and how it cleverly both recontextualizes and builds upon the original trilogy while metatextually examining…


  • The Matrix Revolutions Kind of Made Me Less Excited for Resurrections

    The Matrix Revolutions Kind of Made Me Less Excited for Resurrections

    Rewatching The Matrix Revolutions, the reasons why it’s regarded so poorly are crystal clear. The story is disjointed, characters don’t particularly change, the action scenes feel either completely unnecessary or way too long, and the ending is terrible. Coming after the all-but-perfect original film and flawed but forgivable sequel, Revolutions is a huge letdown. It…