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  • May 2008

    • Speed Racer Crashes at Weekend Box Office

      Variety  |  May 11, 08 4:32 PM CDT

      Speed Racer Crashes at Weekend Box Office

      (Newser) - Speed Racer stalled in its weekend box office debut, banking just a fifth of its $100 million budget and allowing Iron Man to maintain top spot and earn another $50 million. Racer ran neck-and-neck with the comedy What Happens in Vegas , which also scored $20 million. Made of Honor and Baby Mama complete the top 5. More »

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      film  • Hollywood  • box office  • movies  • Speed Racer

    • Speed Racer Is a Slog

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  May 9, 08 11:33 AM CDT

      Speed Racer Is a Slog

      (Newser) - The Wachowski brothers’ Speed Racer is a flashy ride that would be great for kids—if it weren’t “like C-SPAN set in an arcade,” writes Carina Chocano in the Los Angeles Times . Endless, aimless dialog, she says, dominates the “juvenile and hermetic” pastiche about a Grand Prix driver avenging his brother's death in a futuristic world that looks like the inside of a pinball machine.  More »

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      film  • movie review  • Speed Racer  • Emile Hirsch  • Christina Ricci

    • IMAX Stars in Hollywood Comeback

      USA Today  |  May 7, 08 9:43 AM CDT

      IMAX Stars in Hollywood Comeback

      (Newser) - IMAX, the format synonymous with a high-end, big-screen movie experience, is poised for a Hollywood comeback as spectacular as anything in theaters, USA Today reports. With new digital projectors trimming costs dramatically, IMAX will increase North American venues 80% by the end of 2009—and movie studios are getting on board, trusting the format with the likes of Speed Racer and The Dark Knight this year. More »

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