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How this year's wildly different Pinocchios represent the best and worst of the state of animation.

All that's missing is Tom Hanks.

Pinocchio is the latest to join Disney's assembly line of turning classic cartoons into computer-generated live-action remakes. In this film, Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000) and The Polar Express (2004) director Robert Zemeckis is reunited with Tom Hanks, who retells the tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on…

After a string of live-action remakes, from “Beauty and the Beast” to “The Lion King,” the Walt Disney Co. has finally gotten around to “Pinocchio.” Along the way, there have been some nice performances, enormous heaps of CGI and, lest anyone forget, one very blue Will Smith. Whether any of…

The tale of a wooden puppet who dreams of being a real boy has been re-made into a live-action extravaganza - but is it any good?

The makers of “Forrest Gump” decided not to open up another box of chocolates.

One thing you can count on these days is not having to wait too long between Disney live-action remakes of its own animated favorites, with recent years giving us fancy new versions of, among others, "Aladdin," "The Lion King," "Mulan" and "Dumbo."

A live-action take on the classic animation has effective visual moments and an impactful turn from Tom Hanks but never quite justifies its existence

Robert Zemeckis’ remake carves out its own identity with screen-popping CGI and a strong cast headed by Tom Hanks as Geppetto.