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Lightyear post-credits scene features a major plot twist and teases a potential sequel

Pixar film features not one, but three extra scenes

The Independent UK

Lightyear is just another example of what Pixar does best

Buzz is back on the big screen, and Pixar's latest is full of the heart and charm we've come to know and love.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Cruz loses it over Disney's "Lightyear"

"Most toys are, kinda, androgynous. They're usually without genitalia"

Salon

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Pixar's Lightyear Is an Underwhelming Anachronism

To infinity and beyond? Not quite.

Reason

Malaysia says Disney refused to cut gay scenes in Lightyear

‘Those people are idiots,’ says Chris Evans, who voices the titular space ranger in the animated film

The Independent UK

Why Buzz Lightyear star Tim Allen has been controversially replaced by Chris Evans

Chris Evans has taken on a new iconic role in the latest blockbuster Lightyear and despite fans calling for Tim Allen's return, directors have revealed the decision was very much intentional

Daily Mirror

To mediocrity and beyond: Does Lightyear prove that Pixar is in crisis?

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…

The Independent UK

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In the new Disney Pixar movie Lightyear, time gets bendy. Is time travel real, or just science fiction?

Spoiler alert: this article explains a key plot point, but we don’t give away anything you won’t see in trailers. Thanks to reader Florence, 7, for her questions.

The Conversation

Disney’s Lightyear reimagines Toy Story’s Buzz as a human but fails to evoke the joy of the beloved original

In Disney’s latest feature, Chris Evans takes over from Tim Allen as the voice of Buzz Lightyear but much is lost in this spin-off of the classic animated franchise.

ABC News

'Lightyear' ending and post-credits explained: How it sets up a sequel

'Lightyear' has arrived, and it features a wild twist ending. Here's everything you need to know, including how the 'Lightyear' post-credits scene sets up a Buzz Lightyear sequel.

Inverse

When did Andy see 'Lightyear'? Pixar’s surprisingly complicated timeline, explained

The Pixar movie goes beyond infinity with its meta premise. But how does it exactly fit into the 'Toy Story' universe?

Inverse

‘Lightyear’: He’s not a toy, he’s a space ranger in film offering stunning animation and thoughtful messages

A relatively minor Pixar effort starring Buzz from ‘Toy Story’ nevertheless succeeds as escapist summer entertainment for the family.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Lightyear’ stars Keke Palmer and Uzo Aduba say ‘Toy Story’ spinoff reflects heroes from all backgrounds

For stars Keke Palmer and Uzo Aduba, “Lightyear” takes the “Toy Story” franchise to infinity and beyond by reflecting heroes of all kinds.

Tribune News Service

'Lightyear' review: Mission failure for beloved Pixar hero

A needlessly complicated and narratively underwhelming space adventure, "Lightyear" is not worthy of its titular action hero, Buzz Lightyear, who at this point is nearly as beloved in American pop culture as real life astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

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The Independent UK

Lightyear review: Not a disaster, but lacking in Pixar’s trademark imagination

You should drop some of your pessimism around this ‘Toy Story’ prequel-slash-spin-off, but definitely not all of it

The Independent UK

To mediocrity and beyond: Does Lightyear speak to a Pixar in crisis?

Tribune News Service

Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ reportedly banned in over a dozen countries over same-sex kiss

“Lightyear,” the much-anticipated “Toy Story” spinoff, has reportedly been banned in 14 countries over a brief same-sex kiss.

Tribune News Service

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The Independent UK

‘Those people are idiots’: Lightyear star Chris Evans responds to critics of same-sex kiss

Film has been banned in 14 countries over the scene

Tribune News Service

Movie review: 'Lightyear' blasts off with compelling story, gorgeous visuals and Sox the cat

It turns out that even in non-toy form, Buzz Lightyear is kind of a jerk.

The Guardian - UK

To infinity – actually, let’s go back: why can film franchises no longer look to the future?

Everywhere you look, Hollywood’s biggest science-fiction, fantasy and action franchises have stopped exploring uncharted territory, and put themselves into reverse gear

Bangkok Post

Animation 'Lightyear' banned in 14 markets after same-sex kiss controversy

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Review: Sorry, Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Is a Buzzkill

“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…

Tribune News Service

Movie review: Sci-fi story 'Lightyear' nimbly blends adult drama, kid adventure

Disney has made big business mining content from content, with spinoffs and sequels and multiverses dancing through multiplexes and streaming apps. “Lightyear,” the latest Disney/Pixar animated film, has been extracted from the much-beloved “Toy Story” universe, but it’s a bit unique. It’s sort of a prequel, in that it’s intended…

Los Angeles Times

Movie review: Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ goes to adequacy and not beyond

In at least one respect, “Lightyear” can claim some distinction: It’s the first Pixar movie ever to be cited as a Pixar character’s favorite movie. There’s more than just brand inflation at work here (though there is also that). In the original “Toy Story,” you’ll recall, a boy named Andy…

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