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IR Film Review: ELIO [Pixar/Disney]

The intention of "Elio" is a good one and there are many factors at play and yet at times there is disconnection. The movie is undeniably inspired by early 80s genre movies. There are exceptional homages (although subtle) to "The Last Starfighter", "Explorers" and "E.T." The issue is that it only keys into those kind of emotions in two specific moments near the end. Granted it sounds like the film went through series of development reworkings but the approach is not ineffective. It seems more akin in style to something like "Onward".

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IR Film Review: INSIDE OUT 2 [Pixar/Disney]

The aspect of the original "Inside Out" was the uniqueness of approaching emotions inside the mind as a sense of self. However, there was a sense of the unknown in the first movie where it was making the mythology as it was building the world. "Inside Out 2" is, in some ways, more complex but in other ways less so.

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IR Film Review: LIGHTYEAR [Pixar/Disney]

"Lightyear" knows what it wants to be and it has it down pat. It needs to be something different from the "Toy Story" movies and that is clear from the outset. It is a film about inspiration and forming a found family, warts and all. That is what "Toy Story" was about.

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IR Film Review: SOUL [Disney+]

While much of "Soul" runs along comedic bounds with a sense of play, it is when it is in the ether world that it truly shines. This has much to do with the design as the ideas. The way certain things are visualized shows the perspective of what is being shown.

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