‘Speed Racer’ Loses to ‘Vegas’

The official numbers are in, and ‘Speed Racer’ loses the number 2 spot in the box office to ‘What Happens in Vegas.’ The latter took in a total of $20.2 mil domestically, with ‘Speed Racer’ totally $18.6 million, a few mil shy of WB’s end of the weekend estimates. It doesn’t really come to a …

Review: Speed Racer

Crash! Bang! A Technicolor dream full of twists and turns and chimps plays out before you all at hyperspeed. Are you ready? Fasten your seat belts, ‘cause here we go. Summer is now here and ‘Speed Racer,’ is one of the first ones out of the gates.

Regal Expanding IMAX Offerings

So, last week Regal announced its approval of Red Band trailers, this week, they’ve decided IMAX is also the way to go. IMAX recently entered a 100-theater deal with AMC. In this deal, Regal has agreed to adding 31 systems in 20 Markets, expanding to 50 by 2010. The local IMAX in Boston is only …

‘Speed Racer’ Second Trailer Hits

For those interested, here is the newest full length trailer for the upcoming, ‘Speed Racer’ film by the Wachowski brothers. Again, the film looks amazing in terms of visuals and this trailer gives us a bit more of what the story is going to be about than the first one did. I don’t know, though. …

‘Speed Racer’ Gets the IMAX Treatment

It’s official: on May 9th you can watch The Wachowski’s latest big screen bonanza, ‘Speed Racer,’ either in a regular, run-of-the-mill theater or you can hop on over to an IMAX theater and get your ass kicked with the awesome visuals and sound system! Guess which one I’m leaning towards? I didn’t watch Speed Racer …