“Jupiter Ascending” took the road less traveled, into the wish-fulfillment of prepubescent girls. ... They”ve been martial artists, badass weapons experts, and stoic survivors.

Directed by the Wachowskis (who wrote and directed The Matrix), Jupiter Ascending was a 2015 sci-fi film that came with a fair amount of hype, given the names behind it.

Jupiter Ascending is not a good film. The plot is uneven, the characters are underdeveloped, the performances are ridiculous, and Eddie Redmayne enters one scene on a floating barge with an actual ...

Whenever someone brings up Lana and Lilly Wachowski's body of work, The Matrix is always at the center of the conversation. Maybe Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas get some mentions thanks to their ...

Jupiter Ascending is new on Netflix this August, and it’s possible you won’t immediately think to watch it. After all, it’s not a Marvel movie or a teen drama or a Spanish drama about a ...

There is no “up” in space, and there is no “the top” over which The Wachowskis will not go in “Jupiter Ascending,” a sci-fi saga that’s convoluted and silly, yes, but also exciting ...

At a recent preview screening of Andy and Lana Wachowski’s “Jupiter Ascending,” there were titters. Plenty. This sci-fi-inflected fantasy has many a wince-worthy romantic exchange between ...

We start with the title character, Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis), a young woman who’s not living the dream. She lives in Chicago, where she wakes every day at 4:45 a.m. to begin a long day of ...

'Jupiter Ascending' came out 10 years ago, and we're still not sure how The Matrix creators' space opera went so wrong. News. By Fran Ruiz published 20 February 2025 ...