Ratatouille (2007)Directors: Brad Bird, Jan PinkavaScreenwriter: Brad BirdStarring: Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Peter O’Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Brad Bird Who could have predicted the sheer brilliance and originality that bursts out of a movie which stars a rodent with dreams of becoming a chef? If you’re yet to […]
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WALL-E (2008)Director: Andrew StantonScreenwriters: Andrew Stanton, Jim ReardonStarring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver, Fred Willard WALL-E was Pixar Animation Studios’ ninth feature-length movie and 2008’s ninth highest-grossing film. But with worldwide takings ‘only’ a little over $521million, it doesn’t even come close to Pixar’s top-grossing movies – Incredibles
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Elemental (2023)Director: Peter SohnScreenwriters: John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Brenda HsuehStarring: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Mason Wertheimer, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Catherine O’Hara, Ronobir Lahiri, Joe Pera, Matt Yang Kang With dazzling, kaleidoscopic visuals and a sweet rom-com storyline, Elemental shows us that the things that make us different can also make us
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Turning Red (2022) Director: Domee Shi Screenwriters: Domee Shi, Julia Cho, Sarah Streicher Starring: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Orion Lee, Wai Ching Ho, Tristan Allerick Chen, Lori Tan Chinn, James Hong Turning Red, the feature directorial debut of Domee Shi (Oscar-winner for the animation short Bao) is one of
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Luca (2021) Director: Enrico Casarosa Screenwriters: Enrico Casarosa, Simon Stephenson, Jesse Andrews, Mike Jones Starring: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Burman, Saverio Raimondo, Marco Barricelli, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan, Peter Sohn, Sandy Martin, Sacha Baron Cohen Pixar have returned with their most summery and optimistic film in years. Luca might not be as thoughtfully
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Burrow (2020) Director: Madeline Sharafian Screenwriter: Madeline Sharafian It’s short, Disney-sweet and representative of our times. That’s why Pixar SparkShorts’ Burrow is an Oscar nominee for Animated Short in 2021. Madeline Sharafian’s self-penned 6 minute short film centres on the characteristic Disney formula, offering a short but hearty narrative about learning a wholesome lesson. Burrow is
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Soul (2020)Directors: Pete Doctor, Kemp PowersScreenwriters: Pete Doctor, Kemp Powers, Mike JonesStarring: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, Angela Bassett This is not how any of us wanted to experience the latest dazzling release from Pixar Animation Studios for the first time, but whether
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The Good Dinosaur (2015) Director: Peter Sohn Starring: Jeffery Wright, Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright ‘The Good Dinosaur’ asks the question: what if the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago didn’t? A million years after that would-be catastrophic meteor strike, it follows the typical ‘inverse boy-and-his-dog’ relationship between Arlo, a young Apatosaurus, and Spot,
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