LOS ANGELES -- In "The Matrix Reloaded," our hero Neo receives several gifts, including an earpiece attached to a coiled wire. This telex was the piece of equipment that connected Neo's arch-nemesis ...

Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) and his obsession with Keanu Reeves' Thomas "Neo" Anderson was at the heart of The Matrix and at least the first two sequels, and there's a very good reason for this dynamic ...