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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…

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

PITTSBURGH — Animation was always Alyssa Minko’s refuge from the very real challenges life threw her away.

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…