Paparazzo may be bad word in Reeves case Oct 11, 2008
Silva is suing Reeves, claiming the actor caused him to fall while he was taking pictures of the Matrix star in his car in March 2007. Silvas lawyers want him identified as a photojournalist or reporter when the case goes to trial later this month. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Foster leads flock of stars introducing films at AFI bash Oct 3, 2008
The other featured stars: Annette Bening (American Beauty), Denzel Washington (Glory), Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie), Rita Moreno (West Side Story), Shirley MacLaine (The Apartment), Sean Connery (The Man Who Would Be King), Steve Martin (The Jerk), Cameron Diaz (There's Something About Mary), Keanu Reeves (The Matrix) and Mike Myers (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery). Foster said that she hadn't seen Silence in more than 15 years, and... (USA Today -- Life)
Reeves assault claim is dismissed Sep 24, 2008
Male paparazzo Alison Silva claimed he was struck by The Matrix star's Porsche while photographing him in March 2007, causing serious injuries. "There was no evidence of the slightest contact or the slightest touching," judge Elizabeth Grimes said. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Keanu KOs Big Part of Paparazzo Suit Sep 23, 2008
The judge said if anything, The Matrix star, who had been visiting his sister at a health clinic and didn't want to be photographed, appeared to be a victim of an assault, because the paparazzo put his hands on the actor's vehicle. Reeves' camp was pleased with Grimes' decision. (E! Online)
Part of paparazzos suit against Reeves tossed Sep 23, 2008
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth A. Grimes ruled that paparazzo Alison Silva cannot seek punitive damages against Reeves, whose films include Speed and The Matrix. . (MSNBC -- News)
Judge: Keanu didn't assault photographer Sep 23, 2008
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth A. Grimes ruled that paparazzo Alison Silva cannot seek punitive damages against Reeves, whose films include "Speed" and "The Matrix.". Actor Keanu Reeves at the Comic-Con 2008 convention in this Thursday, July 24, 2008 photo in San Diego. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Buzz Briefs: Jessica Simpson, Conan O Sep 12, 2008
Keanu Reeves, "The Matrix.". Choreographer Jacqui Landrum Dies At 64. (CBS News)
The Internet makes me feel fat Aug 30, 2008
Here in the body-obsessed Matrix, we're all more self-conscious than ever ... Heres my "big" problem with the Matrix franchise ... If in the Matrix, as in the virtual community Second Life, you can dictate the appearance of your online representation, or avatar, then why oh why does Morpheus choose to be um well speaking colloquially fat. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Bourne again action stars Aug 24, 2008
The modern action hero is Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" or. good actors like Will Smith, Matt Damon. (CNN -- International)
Street Kings Aug 20, 2008
Maybe you do, if you think of Reeves primarily as the robotic straight man in The Matrix. But watch him in Street Kings, a serviceable policier in the Dirty Harry mould, and suddenly a certain resemblance clicks: same granite face, same dispassionate trigger finger. (Toronto Star)
Why An Exciting Book Is Just As Thrilling As A Hair-raising Movie Aug 19, 2008
18, 2008) Watching Keanu Reeves walk along the ledge of a skyscraper and lose his footing in The Matrix can make us skip a heartbeat or sweat, as if we were risking our own life. This sharing of other people's emotions in movies has been shown to depend on the fact that observers the same brain regions are activated in the observers when they feel an emotion and when they see someone else experience a similar emotion. (Science Daily)
Hands off, Hollywood! Aug 11, 2008
And towards the end, it features an outer-space battle that requires racing against time to solve mathematical equations that would trap your opponents in the matrix of space-time. Why Hollywood shouldnt touch this: For all the reasons above. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Lee Grant's Outtakes Jul 26, 2008
Keanu Reeves, the dude from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and a dude of a different kind from The Matrix movies, answered the adoring Comic-Con crowd back. I love everybody. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
CONSTANTINE: Debuts on BLU-RAY(TM) HI-DEF October 14 Jul 22, 2008
Constantine, directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend), stars Keanu Reeves (The Matrix Trilogy, A Scanner Darkly) and Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardner, The Mummy) and features hours of mind-blowing extras including the In-Movie Experience (IME), commentaries, documentaries and deleted scenes. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Wachowskis Reaching for Plastic Man? Jul 16, 2008
The Matrix star was pegged by IGN as a good fit for the role in our 2003 of the Plastic Man screenplay. Could Keanu be the bendy superhero. (IGN FilmForce)
Pulp Fiction Tops Online Chart Jun 21, 2008
Other honourable mentions include Casino Royale , the only Bond movie on the list at 19, and Keanu Reeves The Matrix at number 12. Wings of Desire is the highest-placed non-English language film at 28, whilst Steve James Hoop Dreams is the leading documentary in 26th place (unless you count This is Spinal Tap at, of course, 11). (Suite101.com)
Winona's new beau May 25, 2008
Sources say the 36-year-old Reality Bites star and the 43-year-old Matrix Trilogy action-man have grown close on the set of their new film The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. A source told a US gossip magazine: 'They spend a lot of time in each other's trailers and they are also always hugging on the set. (Sky News Australia)
Indy money? Sort of May 24, 2008
Those figures hardly constitute a bomb, but they fall well short of the best Thursdays in box-office history: The $50 million raked in by 2005's Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the $37 million mustered by The Matrix Reloaded in 2003 and the $30 million snapped up by Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones in 2002. This also means it's doubtful Kingdom of the Crystal Skull can top the $170-million mark in its first five days -- or shatter the U.S. Memorial Day weekend record set... (Winnipeg Sun)
Will Matrix Fans Find A Need For Speed Racer? May 6, 2008
Will Matrix Fans Find a Need For Speed ... The Matrix and its less thrilling sequels were the type of films that didn't just win fans ... Not least because the mysterious Wachowski brothers (Larry and Andy, who share writing and directing duties) have chosen to follow the cult of The Matrix, with a computer generated kids movie, adapted from a Sixties cartoon series. (Sky News)
David Thomson's Biographical Dictionary of Film #38 May 2, 2008
It is not really apparent in their major work together - the trilogy of Matrix films - and it did not impede the way they each took a salary of $4m on those films, along with points off the gross, which must have amounted to $10m per picture per person ... To be blunt, there are those who observe that the Wachowski brothers have been away too long. The extraordinary coup of the Matrix films occupied the years 1999-2003 ... The Matrix films became cult attractions, but it was all so long ago, and... (guardian.co.uk)
REVIEW: Street Kings RPosted 5 hours, 8 minutes ago. Apr 18, 2008
(Remember Reeves as Neo in the Matrix films his best action role. But scriptwriters James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer and Jamie Moss don t give Ludlow enough back-story as a character. (Lima News, OH)
Movie review: ‘Street Kings’ explores police corruption Apr 18, 2008
Keanu has avoided the folly of becoming typecast after The Matrix trilogy, and steps effortlessly into the role of an unbalanced battle-scarred cop. Possibly even more amazing than Reeves performance is that of Whitaker s. After playing a sort of hero recently in Vantage Point, Whitaker definitively establishes that he s the real deal; he s so good at being bad, it s scary. (Santa Maria Times)
Keanu's back in uniform Apr 16, 2008
Many of his other roles have also seen him play a gun-toting force for good, such as in The Matrix, which he filmed just up the road from the cinema on the streets of Sydney. When asked why he is continually attracted to these roles, Reeves offered this insight in his trademark monotone. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Keanu's most excellent interview adventure Apr 15, 2008
He talks charmingly for a while about how inspiring the director was, and what a great cast and crew there were on the film, and how happy he is to be back in Australia (where he filmed the three Matrix movies, starting in 1998) ... The Matrix (1999) Filmed in Australia, it was hailed as among the greatest science-fiction films of the modern era ... It spawned two less-well-received sequels, The Matrix Reloaded (2001) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003). (Sydney Morning Herald)
Street Kings review: Keanu Reeves takes on Hamlet Apr 14, 2008
Hes probably most famous now for being the cute but not too bright Neo in The Matrix, but Ill always love him best as the cute but not too bright Marlon in I Love You to Death. As the lovable stoner comes back into fashion, I think Reeves should return to his roots. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
I'm non-sticking with you! Apr 12, 2008
It makes no difference to us that his last truly outstanding effort was The Matrix (1999), that his credits since then include such piffle as The Watcher, The Gift, The Replacements, Sweet November, Hardball, Thumbsucker, Constantine, and the chronologically baffling romance The Lake House. It makes no difference to us that The Matrix Reloaded was a disappointment, and The Matrix Revolutions a turgid dud, just as it makes no difference to us that his last film of any consequence was A Scanner... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
H'wood Hunks Living Large in L.A. Apr 11, 2008
"I got trained shooting real bullets at fake human targets. Then I understood what a loaded weapon can do." Keanu can also hold his own in martial arts after the "Matrix" movies, but he's not out to prove it. He says, "I've learned there's always someone badder than you.". (ABC News)
Keanu, grown up? No way! Apr 8, 2008
People still identify the Toronto-raised actor with his teenage roles in the Bill & Ted comedies, or as Neo, the young universe-saver from The Matrix trilogy ... " Unkind critics have suggested that the same nickname could be applied to some of his movie work, even though he has mixed in artistically credible projects such as River's Edge and My Own Private Idaho with the dumb teen comedy, action headbangers and romantic fluff. By choosing blockbusters such as Speed and The Matrix, Reeves wisely... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Check out a passage from 'X Saves the World' Apr 7, 2008
Generation X has marinated in the fat of boomer mythology for so long now that we're like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix when he's hooked up to all those tubes and wires in a tub of gelatin. We don't even notice. (USA Today -- Life)
Keanu Reeves: a man of few words, many roles Apr 6, 2008
Same for his Neo in the "Matrix" movies, in which just years ago he was playing a reluctant hero with an eye more toward the future than the past. Reeves has grown up, and he's done it in front of an audience. (Boston Globe)
Kutcher fails to punk tabloids Mar 26, 2008
When asked The Matrix man if he would consider trading in his acting roles for the family life, Keanu responded, I wouldnt mind some of that. I would mind some getting up at in two in the morning. (MSNBC -- News)
Keanu Reeves Finds His Inner-Gary Busey For 'Street Kings,' Considers Another Bill & Ted Adventure Mar 24, 2008
Sure, we've seen Keanu Reeves make like Superman and defy the laws of physics in "The Matrix" trilogy, but rest assured, you haven't seen him bust heads like he does in the crime thriller "Street Kings." From the opening moments of the David. Ayer-directed flick (it's no surprise to learn that he wrote the similarly themed "Training Day"), which find the normally serene Reeves downing booze like he's on a permanent lost weekend and knocking down doors like he's Russell Crowe in "L.A.... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Hail the hackers Mar 18, 2008
Keanu Reeves in The Matrix Revolutions ... Or are you hooked up to a giant computer simulation known as The Matrix that is making you think you are, all the while using your body as the equivalent of a human Duracell ... The first two Matrix movies were excellent, the third was an overblown disappointment. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Good sci-fi, bad movies Mar 10, 2008
It was years before Mnemonic star Keanu Reeves would redeem his genre cred with The Matrix ... The Matrix series is perhaps the best example of this, as were Alex Proyas 1998 Dark City (seemingly based on every Philip K. Dick book ever written, with Jennifer Connelly to boot) and Kurt Wimmers Equilibrium in 2002 (equal parts Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451 and George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four, with slick martial arts and the best excuse gun katas for over-the-top gunplay Ive ever come... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
America's favorite couple Mar 8, 2008
you watch NOOOOOOOO as I do my Matrix back bend to avoid such man ... you watch NOOOOOOOOas I do my Matrix back bend to avoid such man. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Sydney party for Zeta-Jones Mar 4, 2008
Reeves, who made The Matrix films in Sydney, is expected to be the guest of honour at a red carpet event in mid-April. There is no word on whether he'll be back on his motorbike in his spare time, wheeling around town and leaving local women in a tizz. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Where are all the heroes? Feb 29, 2008
Just as there are franchise movies - Spider-Man, Shrek, The Matrix and, apparently, Rush Hour - there are franchise actors: Cary Grant, Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise. These are bankable stars who so completely dominate a genre that when they fade away or die, it's hard to replace them. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Look who's laughing now Feb 25, 2008
Two people falling in love is more amazing to me than Keanu Reeves being Neo in The Matrix. Corden constantly has ideas but rarely does anything with them. (Guardian Unlimited -- Media)
Foreign lure Feb 11, 2008
Actors Hugo Weaving (right) and Keanu Reeves in the provocative and philosophical futuristic action thriller film The Matrix, which could have easily been a foreign flick ... And that little epiphany reminded me of some of the best moments in that other fabulously philosophical movie, The Matrix ... If The Matrix had been a foreign film, Neo (Keanu Reeves) would have been a twice divorced, chain-smoking middle-aged man having to fight his own personal demons before he took on all of consensual... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Mina & Jonathan succumb to Pippa Lee Feb 8, 2008
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Alan Arkin and Monica Bellucci (who Reeves worked with on "The Matrix Reloaded") have also agreed to appear. The pic is adapted by Rebecca Miller - the daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and wife of Daniel Day-Lewis. (Moviehole)
Movies preview: 8 awaited titles for the 2008 viewing season Feb 1, 2008
So what can Matrix gurus Andy and Larry Wachowski do, spinning off the '60s animated TV series with a yarn about racing mayhem and family ties. Well, beyond pyrotechnic potential, the brothers have another smorgasbord cast: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Lost's Matthew Fox. (USA Today -- Life)
'Star Trek,' 'Incredible Hulk' Among Our Most Anticipated Re-Imaginings: '08 Movie Preview Jan 10, 2008
On the big screen, enigmatic "Matrix" masterminds the Wachowskis are determined to bring more of the same while substituting big-budget CGI for cheap Japanese anime. The new trailer and poster may have us fearing a PG-13 version of Mike Myers' "The Cat in the Hat," but we're holding out hope that the attempt to bring animation to life will instead mark a "Sin City"-like breakthrough. (VHI.com -- Music News)
A radical feminist bares her soul — and more Jan 5, 2008
"I feel sometimes like we live in The Matrix,"' she says, referring to the Keanu Reeves film in which people live in a pseudo-reality. "People are completely blinded to the patriarchy because we're so used to it. "I try to live every day completely alert and aware of how I'm being marginalised. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
George Clooney admonishes the paparazzi Nov 21, 2007
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- "Matrix" star Keanu Reeves is facing a lawsuit by a photographer who accused the actor of hitting him with his Porsche sports car in March. The lawsuit alleges Reeves struck Alison Silva on March 19, and Silva suffered shock and serious injuries. (Xinhuanet, China)
Keanu Reeves Sued for Uncool Car Maneuver Nov 7, 2007
A paparazzo who was reportedly knocked down by The Matrix star's Porsche in March, presumably while he was trying to get a shot of the actor as he pulled out of a parking space, sued Reeves for negligence on Monday. Brazilian shutterbug Alison Silva alleges in his lawsuit that Reeves' actions in the parking lot of a Rancho Palos Verdes, California, clinic on Mar. (E! Online)
Keanu Reeves sued for crashing into paparazzi... Nov 6, 2007
The photographer was hit by the star of the "Matrix" trilogy on March 19 in Rancho Palos Verdes, a posh seaside neighborhood in southwest Los Angeles. At the time local law enforcement said Silva was lightly injured and sent to the hospital. (The Drudge Report)
Keanu In Hot Water Nov 6, 2007
The latest celeb to join the Hollywood walk of shame is Matrix star Keanu Reeves. Though, unlike some, luckily he ain't facing jail for his alleged wrongdoings. (Sky News)
Photographer sues Keanu Reeves Nov 6, 2007
Reeves starred in the Matrix movies, Speed and Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure. . (MSNBC -- News)
PlayStation 2 Sep 17, 2007
Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix As Trinity, Carrie-Anne's tough demeanor, dark sunglasses, and black vinyl suit clearly communicated her desire to be more like the film's true star, Keanu Reeves. Neo totally deserved that iconic slow-motion flying kick more than she did. (IGN PS2)
The Book of GRRR! Sep 5, 2007
Keanu Reeves can reprise his "Matrix" role as Neo in ads for iPod, downloading music into his brain, while his "Speed" co-star Sandra Bullock would be a perfect pitch woman for Harley Davidson, which she could co-star in with her husband, Jesse James, of West Coast Choppers fame. At least those commercials would be interesting, right. (Fox News)
Nerds top box office Aug 31, 2007
Reeves, the star of The Matrix trilogy, will play the role of an alien who arrives on Earth to warn world leaders that their policies are risking the annihilation of the planet by extra-terrestrials, Variety reported. Production on the film being made by Twentieth Century Fox, is due to start next year. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Infotainment Aug 29, 2007
Reeves, the star of The Matrix trilogy, will play the role of an alien who arrives on Earth to warn world leaders that their policies are risking the. Hilary DuffNEW YORK: Singer Hilary Duff performs at the Radio City Music Hall. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Ryan Reynolds Questions Our Existence In 'The Nines' Aug 29, 2007
Descartes (in "Meditations on First Philosophy") to Keanu Reeves (in "The Matrix: Revolutions"). What if our brains were plugged into some type of computer program that only simulated what we experienced. (VHI.com -- Music News)
In brief: French actor apologises for praising terrorists Aug 28, 2007
The Matrix actor will portray Klaatu, an extraterrestrial who attempts to convince mankind to live peacefully or face annihilation from other planets. Filming is due to start next year. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Keanu Reeves to star in '50s movie remake Aug 28, 2007
The Matrix actor will play the part of a humanoid alien, Klaatu, who comes down to earth with a heavily armed robot. According to Variety, Reeves' character will warn people on earth to stop being so aggressive, in order to avoid the complete destruction of their species. (Digital Spy)
Keanu Reeves lands on 'Earth' Aug 27, 2007
It also returns "The Matrix" star to his strong suit in the sci-fi realm and puts him in back-to-back films for Fox. He just completed the David Ayer-directed "The Night Watchman," for Fox Searchlight/Regency about police corruption based on a story by James Ellroy. (Variety)
Bourne to be wilder Aug 2, 2007
Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise became the Clinton-era action men (in The Matrix and Mission Impossible, respectively), while Stallone and Schwarzenegger drifted into humiliating self-parody. It s no surprise then, according to the Die Hard screenwriter Steven E. de Souza, that in the morally slippery world of George W. Bush, the resurgence of old-school action has coincided with a similar return to old-time action values. (Times Online)
What are the worst films of all time? Aug 1, 2007
Warren Beatty in 'Shampoo" - it was both. Posted by: Roman E Conti on August 1, 2007 7:28 AM "Lost in Translation" - cliched, wallowing in its own self importance, an over-rated waste of two hours. Even Scarlett Johansson's boobs don't save this one. If it wasn't directed by a Coppola, it would have sunk without a trace. Posted by: Mountjoy on August 1, 2007 7:29 AM "Final Destination 3" - was a bit rough (watched it recently) "caligula" - special anniversary edition was appaling (what do u... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Bill & Ted' Sequel to Go Ahead Without Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Jul 13, 2007
The Times reports both Winter and Reeves were interested in reprising their roles, but the latter's agent suggested it could ruin the Matrix star's career. COPYRIGHT 2007 WORLD ENTERTAINMENT NEWS NETWORK LTD. All Global Rights Reserved. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Hollywood adapting to cyber-tech Jun 21, 2007
"The important theme being shown is that in order to make things happen you cannot unplug. We have to plug in, be intimately implicated in digital culture to make a difference," says Sidney Eve Matrix, a film studies professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont ... But it is perhaps Hollywood's seminal cyber-movie, The Matrix in which Keanu Reeves learns that human existence is merely a computer program designed by life-sucking machines along with Pleasantville and The Truman Show that warns... (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Watchmen? Whoa! Jun 16, 2007
June 15, 2007 - Although Keanu Reeves was to play the god-like Dr. Manhattan in director Zack Snyder's movie adaptation of the classic graphic novel Watchmen, word has arrived that The Matrix star will not be in the long-awaited film after all. In an email to the fansite Club-Keanu. (IGN FilmForce)
How Many 'Matrix' DVDs Do You Need? A Look At Special Editions, In Rewind May 23, 2007
com : Movies : Movie News : How Many 'Matrix' DVDs Do You Need ... How Many 'Matrix' DVDs Do You Need ... Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" (Warner Bros. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Sneers, and cheers, for the blockbuster May 7, 2007
When great blockbusters sweep you up and away - I'm thinking about watching "The Matrix" for the first time with a few hundred other enraptured souls - they usher you into a realm of communal pleasure ... Blockbusters that endure strike a balance between the spectacular and the ineffably human, whether it's Peter O'Toole framed against the never-ending desert in "Lawrence of Arabia" or Keanu Reeves coming down to earth in "The Matrix" as he realizes that he knows kung fu. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Matrix tops list of 25 best sci-fi films May 6, 2007
AP - The Matrix has topped a magazine list of the best science-fiction movie or TV show of the past 25 years ... But, according to a list compiled by the editors of Entertainment Weekly, it's The Matrix ... The Matrix is followed by the Sci Fi Channel series Battlestar Galactica, 1982's Blade Runner, the cult TV hit The X-Files and - another 1982 production - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. (Ninemsn)
Whoa! 'The Matrix' is No. 1 May 4, 2007
The Matrix' is No. 1 in magazine list of best sci-fi ... text size Keanu Reeves is Neo, in The Matrix trilogy ... The Matrix' is No. 1 in magazine list of best sci-fi. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
