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You should drop some of your pessimism around this ‘Toy Story’ prequel-slash-spin-off, but definitely not all of it

Disney-Pixar’s latest animated escapade is about to hit our cinema screens. It’s the origin story of one of their most beloved characters – Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear. In the lead-up to its release, online speculation soared after it was confirmed that Lightyear would include the company’s first same-sex kiss. The…

It turns out that even in non-toy form, Buzz Lightyear is kind of a jerk.

Everywhere you look, Hollywood’s biggest science-fiction, fantasy and action franchises have stopped exploring uncharted territory, and put themselves into reverse gear

Annie Brown takes a look at controversies this week around the blockbuster film Lightyear, which features a same-sex kiss, and the treatment of Rebel Wilson by the media over her new relationship with a woman.

LOS ANGELES: Disney's latest animation "Lightyear," which features a same-sex kiss, has been denied release in more than a dozen mainly Muslim countries, a source close to the company told AFP on Tuesday.

“In 1995, Andy got a toy from his favorite movie. This is that movie.” So begins “Lightyear,” a new Pixar release that takes a meta approach to the animation studio’s flagship franchise. It isn’t a prequel to “Toy Story,” exactly, but instead presents the movie that inspired Buzz Lightyear toys…

In at least one respect, “Lightyear” can claim some distinction: It’s the first Pixar movie ever to be cited as a Pixar character’s favorite movie. There’s more than just brand inflation at work here (though there is also that). In the original “Toy Story,” you’ll recall, a boy named Andy…

Chris Evans - best known for playing Captain America - voices Buzz Lightyear in a new animated film by Disney and Pixar, with him having greeted patients and families at a special screening recently