Most film historians consider 1999 a watershed year for cinema. Not only did more indie films break into the mainstream, but the scope of what a blockbuster could be began to shift radically. The ...

As Pantoliano tells it, he made the "mistake" of telling the film's writer-director siblings the story of how he once convinced The Fugitive director Andrew Davis not to kill off his character in the ...

I'm a follower of pop culture from gaming, comics, sci-fi, fantasy, film, and TV for over 30 years. I grew up reading magazines like Starlog, Mad, and Fangora. As a professional writer for over 10 ...

Cypher clearly has a problem with Neo from the start. When Trinity brings Neo some food, Cypher says, “I don’t remember you ever doing that for me.” The Oracle told Trinity that she would fall in love ...

The iconic steak scene in The Matrix almost never made it to the final film. During production, actor Joe Pantoliano, who ...

Even before the planet was besieged by a highly contagious virus, many have joked, despairingly, about how perhaps we’ve been living in the worst timeline. Others have wondered if we’re stuck in a ...

Joe Pantoliano speaks during New York Comic Con 2025's The Cast of 'The Matrix' panel on October 12 As Pantoliano tells it, he made the "mistake" of telling the film's writer-director siblings the ...