1. To Infinity, and Beyond (Toy Story) (Image credit: Disney) Picture it: It’s 1995. This fancy studio no one has really heard of before has just released a cutting-edge movie that is fully computer generated. You can’t believe cartoon characters can look like this. What’s more, ...
Maybe it’s my general aversion to Nascar. Maybe it’s that Larry the Cable Guy’s Mater is the Jar Jar Binks of animated film. Or maybe it’s just that a routinely plotted movie about talking cars is miles beneath Pixar’s proven level of ingenuity, not to mention artistry (okay, we...
Disney's Pixar custom logo used from 1995-2007.Pixar and Disney had disagreements after the production of Toy Story 2. Originally intended as a straight-to-video release (and thus could've been part of Pixar's three-picture deal), the film was eventually upgraded to a theatrical release ...
This would have been a clever concept had director Angus MacLane stuck to it, but the movie that became Lightyear is simply not one that would have existed in 1995 – it feels too slick. There's plenty to love, including subtle (and less subtle) nods to Toy Story, a convincing and ...
We ranked all 28 Pixar movies, from 'Toy Story' to 'Inside Out 2,' from best to worst. Here's how it all shook out, and how to watch them all.
The decades-old Pixar franchise—which will launch a new chapter with Toy Story 4 this Friday—is full of subtle (and not-so-subtle) references to old films and TV shows, a tradition that began with the first film (released in 1995), and has carried on through the rest of the ...
The animation studio Pixar produced its first movie,Toy Story(1995), when I was a boy. I liked it well enough but did not love it as much as others did. The first Pixar movie to capture my imagination was unquestionablyMonsters, Inc.(2001). I found it incredibly creative and infectious...
The Breakout Character: Barbie and Ken, whose fun screwball-esque romance leaves big shoes for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling to fill in the live-action “Barbie” movie in 2023.Will it make you cry? The last twenty-ish minutes are pretty much designed to make anyone who ever watched a...
Beginning with Pixar's second film A Bug's Life, all subsequent Pixar feature films have been shown in theaters along with a Pixar-created short. Other Pixar shorts, released only on home media, were created to showcase what Pixar can do (either technolo
By Megan Ziegler Updated December 6, 2023 10:36am EST Entertainment FOX TV Digital TeamWhy everyone was wowed by 'Toy Story' When the now-iconic movie 'Toy Story' was released for the 1995 holiday movie season, critics and moviegoers alike immediately recognized it was not only a ...