Posts Tagged ‘Toy Story’
Film Review – Toy Story 5
Every Toy Story movie – and I mean every single one – encompasses the same thematic arc. The lovable toys – Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack), Rex (Wallace Shawn), Slinky (Blake Clark), Mr. Potato Head (Jeff Bergman), Forky (Tony Hale) and several others –…
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Episode 13 – Toy Story 4
On this week’s podcast, we review the new Pixar animated film, Toy Story 4. For our Netflix homework, we also look at back at 2016’s Swiss Army Man. Keep listening for our spicy takes on Manga fans and this week’s movie news items.
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Film Review – Toy Story 4
When Toy Story (1995) was first released, I was twelve years old. Now I’m in my thirties and the series is in its twenties. Time has been far kinder to the franchise. I make that correlation because it’s remarkable how the team at Disney/Pixar has…
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Film Review – Coco
It’s a careful balancing act, making a movie that both celebrates a heritage in an entertaining fashion and yet doesn’t trivialize that same culture. It’s an especially tricky balance when creating an animated kid’s movie which usually trade in generalities or quickly referenced stereotypes. Representation…
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Film Review – Cars 3
For a long time Pixar had an unimpeachable record. Can you think of a company of any kind, not just a movie company but any company, that had a track record as impressive as theirs for their first dozen years or so? The Toy Story…
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Film Review – The Boss Baby
A searing indightment of the current political process, a trenchant character study, and an enlightening profile of a Real Estate magnate with no political experience rising to the highest office in the country, the new documentary about Donald Trump entitled Boss Baby…
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Film Review – The Secret Life of Pets
Man, Pixar makes great movies. No, the new film The Secret Life of Pets isn’t a Pixar movie. In fact, if you were to write a compare and contrast thesis on what makes their films great, this new movie would work as your example of…
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SIFF Interview – Bonnie Arnold – How to Train Your Dragon 2
Spencer interviews producer Bonnie Arnold from the animated adventure How to Train Your Dragon 2 at SIFF 2014.
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