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Pixar gives Lightyear a new voice in Chris Evans (replacing Tim Allen). This story is set millions of light-years from our planetary home. The screenplay sets off with “Toy Story” references before Buzz begins to set-up his own dramatic pathThe ‘Toy Story’ hero Buzz Lightyear’s advent into solo territory isn’t one to warm the cockles of your heart. Pixar has done a fabulous job on the animation tech front but the story-telling craft is just too woebegone to be entertaining. Directed and co-written by Angus MacLane who…

via Pixar Lightyear is one of the year’s most anticipated movies. And now, a new piece of official art gives us a brand new look at Buzz, Sox, Andy, and Woody. This image also shows how Lightyear ties into the wider Toy Story franchise.  The image sees Buzz Lightyear and Sox meeting a young Andy. Andy is gazing up at his hero lovingly while tightly gripping two toys: his Woody doll and the Buzz Lightyear doll he got in the first Toy Story movie. This piece of art shows how the “real” Buzz Lightyear inspired the…

The first reviews for Lightyear, Disney’s animated Toy Story spin-off, have been published – but many of them are less than (inter)stellar. Lightyear stars Chris Evans as space pilot Buzz Lightyear, a character who serves as the in-universe inspiration for the Buzz Lightyear figure voiced by Tim Allen in all four Toy Story films.Also in the film are a number of side characters, including those voiced by Keke Palmer, James Brolin, Taika Waititi and Uzo Aduba. Responses to Lightyear have been mixed. Some reviewers have…

One UI 5.0 is the next major iteration of Samsung’s custom Android skin. The company is going to release it later this year alongside Android 13. Expect Samsung to launch the One UI 5.0 beta program in the coming months. It obviously hasn’t revealed any details about One UI 5.0 at this point in time, but we’ve managed to find some. We hear that One UI 5.0 is going to significantly improve the UI animation speeds. One UI 5.0 has the need, the need for speed With the One UI 5.0 development in full swing at Samsung,…

Images via Dreamworks Animation fans are at war as they determine which Dreamworks animated film has to get the boot. On top of that, three sequels have been put forward, and it’s all-out carnage. This all started when Twitter user @wwwinco started a “one has to go” animation thread. In the thread are multiple animation films fighting it out in different categories. There are Disney films, Pixar, Anime, Illumination studios, etc. Then came the “Dreamworks epic sequel” category. For those who are out of the…

Image: Disney AnimationYou may recall that towards the end of 2021, the Animation Guild was in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) for animation writers to have pay on par with writers for live action productions. If you have Twitter and follow several high profile people in the animation space, you’re likely aware of the #NewDeal4Animation. After a brief holiday break, those negotiations have been continuing in the months since, and it now appears that some kind of…

The animated TV sitcom gets a movie spin-off, in which Bob and his family struggle to save their burger restaurant from the twin threats of a recalled bank loan and a giant sinkhole that opens directly in front of the door to the premises. The business suffers a further blow when it’s revealed that the hole contains the remains of a murdered fairground employee.But this brief plot synopsis can barely scratch the surface of the elliptical weirdness and bone-dry humour of this immensely enjoyable film. Fans will eat it up…

Few shows know exactly what they are from the first episode and fewer still experience no drop-off from one season to the next, especially when they’re not serialized.Yet Bob’s Burgers, currently 12 seasons and over 200 episodes into its run on Fox’s Sunday animation block, has been a reliable pleasure from the start, with a charmingly low-key seaside backdrop and arguably the best voice cast on television. The one obvious stumbling block for a Bob’s Burgers movie is that the show is so resolutely minor, tied up in the…

DreamWorks Animation & Universal Pictures’ ‘The Bad Guys’ Hits Screens Across The Country Today! ( Photo Credit – Poster from The Bad Guys ) ‘The Bad Guy’ has been making much noise in Hollywood for its uncanny comic timings and thrilling storyline. The film— loosely based on Aaron Blabey’s Children’s book of the same name— that has been getting an amazing response at the Box-office worldwide is all set to release in India. Produced by Damon Ross and Rebecca Huntley under the banner of DreamWorks…

PAW Patrol: The MovieDir: Cal BrunkerCast(Voices): Iain Armitage, Lilly Bartlam, Will Brisbin, Ron PardoRating: 3/5 Nickleodian’s animated Adventure series (on TV since 2013), the Canadian merchandise friendly “PAW Patrol” gets a big-screen incarnation and its quite a rollicking fun ride for the tiny tots and adults( if you go in with the right mindset). It’s not high-brained stuff but it’s extremely engaging and entertaining. For an audience not quite clued in to the TV series, the plot…