Sunday, July 13 @ 12 Noon

Based on the 1960s Japanese-manga-derived animated TV series, Speed Racer follows the adventures of a young racer (Emile Hirsch, Into The West) who loves to go fast in his family’s Mach 5 race car. Aided by his hard-working and tight-knit family, which includes Pops Racer (John Goodman) and Mom Racer (Susan Sarandon), and his devoted girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed racks up victory after victory and attracts the interest of the massive racing conglomerate Royalton Industries who want him to drive for them. When he chooses to stick with his family, Royalton sets out to destroy them, and it is up to Speed, and the enigmatic Racer X, to save his family and win the big race. Larry and Andy Wachowski, the masterminds behind the Matrix Trilogy, soften their style to create a movie for all ages in this exciting and warm-hearted tale of a family that lives in the fast lane.  USA, 2008, 135 min., color