Saturday, January 20, 2001 Art of the Matrix review:The Art of the Matrix is given an A- by Entertainment Weekly, stating "films buffs asking 'What is the Matrix?' will learn more from these pages than Morpheus could ever tell. Buy it from Amazon.com
Saturday, September 30, 2200 Matrix DVD Wins 2 DiVis:The 3rd Annual DiVi Awards Reception honoring the best in DVD gave the Matrix awards for "Best DVD-ROM Support" and "Best Overall DVD Release" on August 23, 2000.
Matrix Wazzup Commercial:Yes, someone made a Matrix Wazzup commerical. Check it out!
Friday, May 12, 2000 Blockbuster Awards:Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne both won awards at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards filmed last night and due to air on Fox on June 20th. Both attended and received their awards to thunderous applause. (Originally reported by countingdown.com)
Friday, March 31, 2000 New Toys!: Reported in Wizard #104, New toys are on the way! N2 Toys follows up its first Matrix figures with "Interrogation Anderson" (Has Thomas Anderson with the "Bug" on him), Trinity doing her floating kick, Neo in a Matrix Pod, a Neo vs. Agent Smith two pack (Where they are floating and shooting at each other), and last but not least, everybodies favorite operator, TANK!
Thursday, March 30, 2000 Academy Awards: The Matrix took all 4 academy awards it was nominated for. Including: Visual Effects, Editing, Sound and Sound Effects.
With FOUR Oscar wins, Matrix swept the competition (primarily from Episode 1) away, including wins by Editor Zach Staenberg, Visual Effects Supervisor John Gaeta, and Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor Dane Davis. The picture won for Best Sound, Sound Effects editing, Visual Effects and Editing.
In attendance of the awards was Keanu Reeves, who also presented.
Quotes from winners included 'So this is how far the rabbit hole goes'; 'there is no spoon' to giving out the URL of the official site. Fantastic work!
There was a small backlash from Episode 1 supporters, but I've heard a very strong argument that Matrix won the effects awards because they were used most effectively to forward the story.
October 17, 1999 Cinefex covers the Matrix:
Issue 79 of has a feature on the Matrix. It is quite long and details the special effects of the film. You can still attain a copy through back issue ordering. Here is what the cover looks like:
September 14, 1999:
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May 3, 1999 Welcome to the Grand Opening of my Matrix page
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