Three-time Oscar winner and Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter is receiving the prestigious Winsor McCay Award at the 2023 Annie Awards on Saturday February 25th. You can watch the ceremony live at 10pmET at AnnieAwards.org. In this EXCLUSIVE Interview, Pete Docter reflects on his career, sharing insights and stories on his four directorial features […]
Pixar SparkShorts installment “Out” is in Academy Awards contention. I talk with director Steve Hunter and producer Max Sachar in this Animation Scoop Q&A. ——————————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. […]
In two weeks, Pixar will release a film on Disney+ for the first time. It’s not what the animation studio giant had in mind this time last year. But it’s where we are right now. I’ve seen “Soul”, which is nominated for the Best Animated Feature Critics Choice Award. And I’ll be surprised if Annie, […]
I’ve ranked all the Pixar movies in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016. Pixar’s two 2017 films now need to be added to the list. So let’s see where they fall. I’ve made a few minor switches in the order of the others as well: 1. “CARS” (2006) 2. “RATATOUILLE” (2007) 3. “TOY STORY 3” (2010) […]
This weekend, Pixar unveils its newest short film in front of their latest feature, “Cars 3”. It’s called “Lou”. The first image released a while back showed a Lost and Found box (where some of the letters come from to form “Lou”) with a red hoodie and two baseballs used as eyeballs. Pixar certainly could’ve gone […]
Fathom Events, best known for their in-theater simulcasts of opera and ballet stage performances, concerts and classic films, has something rather unique on next month’s schedule. On Tuesday, June 16, Fathom will screen Disney/Pixar’s latest animated adventure, “Inside Out”, in select movie theaters across the country – three days before it opens nationwide (Friday, June […]
With “Monsters University” now in theaters, everyone seems to be updating their lists of favorite Pixar movies. So here’s mine: 14. “WALL-E” (2008) The world seemed to fall in love with a robot who…falls in love with a female robot. I didn’t. The opening section with no dialogue was…different. But it lost me soon after. […]
Disney/Pixar has announced that “Finding Nemo 2” has been officially re-titled “Finding Dory”. The release date has also been moved-up from 2016 to Wednesday, November 25, 2015 – so it’s a sure-fire blockbuster for the five-day Thanksgiving Weekend. Ellen DeGeneres herself was the first to make the announcement by posting the film’s logo online. This […]
With the release of “Cars 2”, I thought it was time to look back at the 25 years of Pixar. Here is the list of my favorite Pixar films in order; I couldn’t do a Top 10 and exclude 2, so I’m including them all: 1. “Cars” (2006) 2. “Ratatouille” (2007) 3. “Toy Story 3” […]