First Impressions

While we Brits continue to dribble rivers over the impending release of The Matrix Reloaded our friends across the Atlantic enjoyed both the film and the company of the films' stars at last night's US premiere. But the question on everybody's lips now is not 'what is the matrix?' but rather whether it's the apotheosis of modern filmmaking that everyone has built it up to be. If we're to go by movie trade publications Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, the answer is that the film is good