The John Lasseter-directed Cars is the seventh feature film created and released by Pixar. Following on from the huge box office successes of Finding Nemo and The Incredibles, Cars took a respectable $461m from a budget of $120m. Inspired by a road trip taken by Lasseter and his family in 2000, Cars is the last Pixar film to star the voice talent of Joe Ranft who tragically … [Read more...]
Review: Toy Story 2 (1999)
After the success of Toy Story had loudly announced Pixar's arrival in the world of feature animation and A Bug's Life continued their box office success, John Lasseter and friends went back to Woody, Buzz and the gang with Toy Story 2. Reuniting the same cast as the original, but with a new crew due to the work taking place on A Bug's Life and during production Lasseter once … [Read more...]
Review: A Bug’s Life (1998)
The second feature film released by Pixar and to be directed by John Lasseter, A Bug's Life has become something of the forgotten man of the animation houses history. Sandwiched between Toy Story and Toy Story 2 it is rarely mentioned in the same breath as its book-ending brethren, but at the time of release it took over $363m at the box office form a budget of $60m. The film … [Read more...]
Review: Toy Story (1995)
In 1995, fledging animation house, Pixar released their first ever feature film, and the first film to use only CGI throughout, its name was Toy Story. Based on a short film called Tin Toy and using recognisable toy characters from the past, Toy Story became a critical and commercial smash hit and revolutionized animation and immediately made Pixar one of the most exciting … [Read more...]
Review: Cars 2 (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0057VR9JW][/pullquote] Pixar are the world's most successful computer animated studios. Created from an off-shoot of Lucas Films, Pixar have seen all of their films released to massive commercial and critical success and their yearly releases provide one of the … [Read more...]