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To celebrate the release of Lightyear, Guardian writers detail their most-loved films from the animation studio’s back catalogue

The spin-off of Pixar's 'Toy Story' franchise works hard to justify its existence.

A needlessly complicated and narratively underwhelming space adventure, "Lightyear" is not worthy of its titular action hero, Buzz Lightyear, who at this point is nearly as beloved in American pop culture as real life astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

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…

A new film about ‘the human that inspired the Buzz Lightyear toy’ marks Pixar’s first cinema release in more than two years, its riskier and more intimate recent projects shunted to Disney+. Clarisse Loughrey was completely whelmed by it, leading her to ask: does Pixar know what it’s doing any…

“Lightyear,” the much-anticipated “Toy Story” spinoff, has reportedly been banned in 14 countries over a brief same-sex kiss.

Film has been banned in 14 countries over the scene

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