IS SPEED RACER UP TO, ER, SPEED?

THE Wachowski Brothers are back!

The two Chicago-born siblings who got so carried away with The Matrix Trilogy that some of us thought it would never end, have finally directed their first film in five years.

But, since Speed Racer (PG) is aimed at children aged from about eight to ten, why have they let it run to 135 minutes?

And is it any good?

Having literally just put the finishing touches to my review, find out about all this and more in the bumper What's On section of Friday's Birmingham Mail where our big verdict will have pride of place in the centre spread.

I'll be explaining everything, dishing out the all-important star ratings and revealing which of the city's cinemas will be the very best place to go ready to gorge on its extraordinary effects.