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Pixar’s Lightyear is an anti–space opera for an anti-heroic age

June 14, 2022 Steven D. Greydanus 59

An opening title positions Pixar’s Lightyear as a movie, not within a movie, but within a movie world: the world of the Toy Story movies. The conceit is that we’re watching young Andy’s “favorite movie” […]

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Toy Story 4 marred by artistic inconsistency and amoral messages

June 30, 2019 Nick Olszyk 22

MPAA Rating: G USCCB Rating: A-I Reel Rating: 2 out of 5 reels Toy Story 4 is the first Pixar movie that is not introduced with a charming animated short, and the absence is an […]

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