This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features the Wachowskis’ The Matrix. Written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving, The Matrix was one of the highest-grossing movies of 1999 and has become one of the most influential sci-fi and action movies of all time.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-matrix-1999), Todd McCarthy in Variety (https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-matrix-1200456768/), and Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-31-ca-22706-story.html).

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