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The Crisis At Disney, Part 2: An Evaporation Of Originality?

This is part two of the four-part series "The Crisis at Disney."

Benzinga

Lightyear: Pixar’s Toy Story spin-off proves Buzz kill at the box office

The Toy Story spin-off has met major competition from Jurassic World Dominion

Evening Standard

The Crisis At Disney: Part 1, Bob Chapek's Blunder Road

This is part one of a four-part series, "The Crisis at Disney."

Benzinga

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'Lightyear's' Alisha Hawthorne breaks new ground for Pixar. She wasn't part of the original pitch

Every hero has an origin story — especially ones that launch a line of toys. But even those heroes need someone who believes in them first.

Los Angeles Times

Why 'Lightyear' disappointed at the box office for Disney and Pixar

"Solo: A Star Wars Story." "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw." These days, as Hollywood milks its intellectual property for all its worth, many movie franchises have produced that one spinoff that pushed the limits of a connected film universe.

Los Angeles Times

'Jurassic' is Again Top Draw in N.American Theaters

"Jurassic World Dominion" again stomped to the top on North American movie screens this weekend, while new release "Lightyear" didn't quite make it to infinity, or beyond. Universal's latest dinosaur frightfest -- the sixth in the "Jurassic Park" franchise -- took in an estimated $58.7 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Lightyear’ stays earthbound, ‘Jurassic World’ holds No. 1

“Lightyear” did not go to infinity (or beyond) in its first weekend in theaters

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Lightyear review – a trudge through outer space

Buzz is back on a mission – but it’s a disappointingly pedestrian one that lacks the wit and wonder of previous Pixar animations

The Guardian - UK

Buzz Lightyear's stuffed cat sidekick 'Sox' sent into orbit before crash landing in UK

Sox successfully parachuted back down to earth, landing in the Lincolnshire town of Spalding after a successful trip to 'infinity and beyond'

Daily Mirror

Stuffed cat toy was fired into space from the Peak District and landed in Spalding

The mission was carried out by Showcase Cinemas to celebrate the release of the new Disney and Pixar film Lightyear

Manchester Evening News

Same-sex cartoon kiss shock?! Rightwing outrage is light years from real world

Lesbian lip-locking in Pixar’s Lightyear has produced a spate of pearls-clutching but it’s one of the least weird clinches in the Disney canon

The Guardian - US

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

Pixar's Lightyear Is an Underwhelming Anachronism

To infinity and beyond? Not quite.

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Evening Standard

Cultural Capital: Gifford’s Circus returns, and Pixar’s new Space Ranger origin story, Lightyear

Our pick of the week’s arts and culture

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

Best of Pixar: our writers’ favourite movies from Toy Story to Turning Red

To celebrate the release of Lightyear, Guardian writers detail their most-loved films from the animation studio’s back catalogue

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?

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘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.

The Independent UK

Disney's 'Lightyear' banned in Muslim world for lesbian kiss

Authorities across much of the Muslim world have barred Disney’s latest animated film “Lightyear” from being played at cinemas after the inclusion of a brief kiss between a lesbian couple

Tribune News Service

‘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.

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 Conversation

Lightyear’s same-sex kiss – the controversy that led to Disney's first 'real' LGBTQ+ representation

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…

The Independent UK

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