Tag: Toy Story 2

  • Unlike Other Pixar Films, ‘Elemental’ Fails in This Major Way

    Unlike Other Pixar Films, ‘Elemental’ Fails in This Major Way

    Pixar has become synonymous with pathos. Starting with the “When She Loved Me” sequence from Toy Story 2, Pixar titles are expected to deliver at least one standout scene that will get audiences of all ages in tears. From the iconic opening of Up, to Anton Ego’s big speech at the end of Ratatouille, to…

  • Barbie review – a riotous, candy-coloured feminist fable

    Barbie review – a riotous, candy-coloured feminist fable

    Barbie takes a ride from her dream house to reality as Little Women writer-director Greta Gerwig takes another cultural icon and lovingly subverts itWriter-director Greta Gerwig’s cinematic reinvention of Mattel’s most (in)famous toy comes on like a sugar-rush mashup of Pixar’s Toy Story 2, Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio, the cult live-action feature Josie and the Pussycats…

  • Toy Story 2 Ending Explained: A Moving Allegory For The Stages Of Life

    Toy Story 2 Ending Explained: A Moving Allegory For The Stages Of Life

    When Pixar’s “Toy Story” first hit theaters in 1995, it was pure magic. Making close to 30 million during its opening weekend, the film went on to inspire a full-on franchise with “Toy Story 2” coming out four years later. Today, there are three true sequels to the original film, as well as the recently…

  • Lightyear Director Angus MacLane And Producer Galyn Susman On Metanarrative And More [Interview]

    Lightyear Director Angus MacLane And Producer Galyn Susman On Metanarrative And More [Interview]

    Director Angus MacLane and producer Galyn Susman have been heavily involved in numerous Pixar projects going back decades. Susman’s first credit as an associate producer came with “Ratatouille” in 2007, and she later produced several Pixar shorts and TV specials. Her first credited feature as a producer was for “Toy Story 4,” and she returns…

  • 15 Surprising Things You Never Knew About the Toy Story Franchise

    15 Surprising Things You Never Knew About the Toy Story Franchise

    20 years ago, on November 24, 1999, the stakes couldn’t have been higher for Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of their toy friends. After the surprise success of 1995’s Toy Story, which was the first full-length movie to be made entirely using computer-generated imagery, the expectations were high for the long-awaited sequel, which…

  • ‘Toy Story 4’: How the Creative Team Crafted a Brand New Bo Peep

    ‘Toy Story 4’: How the Creative Team Crafted a Brand New Bo Peep

    When Collider visited Pixar Studios to learn as much as possible about Toy Story 4, there were two words we heard more than anything else, possibly even more than Woody and Buzz, and those words were “Bo Peep”. The character voiced by Annie Potts hasn’t been since 1999’s Toy Story 2, but the new film…

  • ‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘Coco’ Director Lee Unkrich to Exit Pixar After 25 Years

    ‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘Coco’ Director Lee Unkrich to Exit Pixar After 25 Years

    Lee Unkrich, who won Academy Awards for “Toy Story 3” and “Coco,” is departing Pixar Animation Studios after 25 years to spend more time with his family.Unkrich joined Pixar in 1994 after working as an assistant editor in television on “Silk Stalkings” and “Renegade.” He served as editor on Pixar’s first feature, 1995’s “Toy Story,”…