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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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

Hollywood has yet to give LGBT people their happy ending after Lightyear same-sex kiss debacle

Annie Brown takes a look at controversies this week around the blockbuster film Lightyear, which features a same-sex kiss, and the treatment of Rebel Wilson by the media over her new relationship with a woman.

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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.

Bangkok Post

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Los Angeles Times

Chris Evans surprises children's ward patients with special screening of Lightyear

Chris Evans - best known for playing Captain America - voices Buzz Lightyear in a new animated film by Disney and Pixar, with him having greeted patients and families at a special screening recently

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Malaysia, Indonesia ban Pixar movie 'Lightyear', with same-sex couple

LOS ANGELES: Fourteen Middle Eastern and Asian countries will not show Walt Disney Co's new Pixar movie "Lightyear" when it hits cinemas this week, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Pixar’s Lightyear banned by United Arab Emirates over lesbian kiss

Other Muslim-majority countries likely to follow UAE, which has refused the film a licence for public screening

Wales Online

Lightyear review – Toy Story spinoff boldly going beyond with a treat from Pixar

This cracking origin story for Toy Story’s spaceman hero is fun and clever and reminds us why we loved Pixar in the first place

The Guardian - UK

Chris Evans responds to awkward Disneyland photo

Photos of Chris Evans at Disneyland circulated online with claims that the actor’s awkward pose was photoshopped

The Independent UK

'Lightyear' review: Buzz boldly goes where Pixar didn't need to

A competent but unremarkable effort, 'Lightyear' struggles to justify its own existence.

Inverse

To Infinity And Not Saudi Arabia: 'Lightyear' Banned In Country Over Same-Sex Kiss

Highly anticipated movie “Lightyear” will not be released in two international territories. Here’s why the latest movie in the Toy Story franchise won’t be included there.

Benzinga

Chris Evans hilariously explains that he’s not photoshopped into Lightyear pictures at Disneyland

Ok, but are we SURE that isn't a photoshop.

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Benzinga

Chris Evans found himself trending on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) this weekend when speculation arose on whether the actor was photoshopped into pictures taken at the Walt Disney Co.’s (NYSE: DIS) Pixar Pier

Manchester Evening News

Phillip Schofield's shut down by actor during ITV This Morning interview over relationship probe

Phillip and Holly Willoughby were joined on the show by Taika Waititi and Chris Evans

The Guardian - UK

Saudi Arabia bans Pixar’s Lightyear over same-sex kiss

The Hollywood film has been banned in a number of countries in the Middle East because of a kiss between space ranger Alisha and her partner

Wales Online

YO! gets a space station makeoever for launch of Lightyear

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The Independent UK

United Arab Emirates bans Pixar's 'Lightyear' from showing

The United Arab Emirates has banned the upcoming Pixar animated feature “Lightyear” from showing in movie theaters amid reports that the film includes a kiss between two female characters

Daily Mirror

Woman works out what '23-19' from Monsters, Inc. means - and blows people's minds

A woman went viral online after figuring out what the code '23-19' used in the movie Monsters, Inc. actually means - and people can't believe they didn't know about it sooner

Inverse

The Grammys’ new video game category is bad, actually — here's why

While the creation of an award just for video games is long overdue recognition, it can also be a way for prestige awards to relegate an art they don't take seriously.

Manchester Evening News

Disney and Pixar's Lightyear cast and UK cinema release date amid Disney+ release date speculation

The animated feature film is a spin-off/prequel/origin story exploring the hero who inspired Buzz's character in Toy Story

The Guardian - UK

Toy Story 2 to Radioactive: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Tom Hanks’s Woody is plunged into an existential crisis in Pixar’s much loved sequel, while Rosamund Pike pulls off a fiercely intelligent portrayal of Marie Curie

Daily Mirror

Disney release range of Buzz Lightyear toys to celebrate the launch of Lightyear

With prices starting from £12 for apparel and going up to £50 for one action figure that will delight children (and even some adults!), Disney and Pixar have created a range of items for the launch of Lightyear this June!

Benzinga

Analysis: Is Disney Setting Up Films To Fail At The Box Office?

Over the past several months, the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has fallen into a peculiar habit of scheduling smaller films from its 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures division into theatrical releases against major blockbusters from other Hollywood companies.

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