I enjoyed Speed Racer when I was a kid. I haven't seen it in 25 years or so and I'd probably be horrified now by what my youthful tastes were back then, but I remember liking the race scenes and what the car could do. I remember wanting my first car to be one that would have buzzsaws come out of the front and a big lever that would come down underneath the car that would make it jump over other cars. That last feature doesn't seem like it would work to me, now that I think about it as an adult.
Anyway, the live-action version with Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, and Matthew Fox opens this Friday. And the early buzz is that it's not going to do as well as they were hoping it would.
Much like the new Underdog movie, the Wachowski brothers' 
Not only is Christina Ricci making a guest appearance on Grey's Anatomy, she's doing it on the most
important night of the year for the hospital drama. ABC is airing her episode directly after the Super Bowl on February
5th. It's a huge opportunity for Grey's Anatomy. Obviously, ABC wants the episode to not only hold onto some of
the huge audience from the big game, but also to create new, regular viewers of the show. ABC is keeping the plot of the
program under wraps, only saying that Ricci arrives at Seattle Grace Hospital "not as a patient, but as someone in
a life-and-death situation." O-kay. February's appearance marks the third television acting appearance for Ricci
in recent memory, including a stint on Ally McBeal and a guest spot on Joey.
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