Onward’s Frivolous Fantasy
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May 8, 2020
Looking for an escape from sheltering-at-home familiarity, I turned to America's most reliable animation studio. But Pixar's Onward remains stuck in uninspired tropes.
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Incredibles 2 (2018)
June 24, 2018
Incredibles 2 suffers a bit from a predictable twist and from themes that get, like Elastigirl, bent out of shape. But it's still the most sensational action movie of the year so far.
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Finding Dory (2016)
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June 29, 2016
I did feel some trepidation as I took my theater seat. Did I really want a sequel to what I consider to be Pixar's most beautifully realized film, its most perfect execution of its narrative strengths? Could a follow-up do anything but dilute the formula?
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#AllTheFeels: A conversation with Inside Out imaginations
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October 13, 2015
How Joy and Fear Became Joy and Sadness: My Chat with Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
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WALL•E (2008): Looking Back 5 Years, Plus an Interview with Andrew Stanton
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June 28, 2013
Five years ago this weekend, Pixar brought us a vision of the future through the eyes — the amazing, expressive, binocular eyes — of a robot called WALL•E.
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