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Screen technology threatens Pixar’s old-school playthings and an aging outlaw seeks to make amends

Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie are all back on the big screen in "Toy Story 5." The latest addition to the 30-year-old franchise earned $312 million at the global box office this weekend. The release marks 2026's biggest box office debut yet.

The actor has a knack for playing characters that test viewers’ loyalties. As the Game of Thrones prequel returns, she talks problem fans, ‘boy mums’ and why the arts should be for everyone House of the Dragon is a massive television series. Over two seasons, the prequel to Game of Thrones has seduced viewers with its plotting, backstabbing, candlelit meetings about war, and massive sheep-munchin…

The animated sequel sets up a tug-of-war between physical and digital play for children but is still eager not to be an anti-tech screed For more than 30 years, Pixar’s signature Toy Story series has been entertaining children while giving voice to their parents’ anxieties. This is especially pronounced in the film’s sequels, as the living toys who dedicate their lives to the happiness of their o…

She won seven grand slams, was ranked world No 1 and riled up Billie Jean King. But did this worthy yet syrupy drama really need to show her as a child hitting a ball against a wall with a plank of wood quite so many times? Goolagong opens to the soulful strains of Ann Peebles proclaiming: “It’s your thing – do what you wanna do!” It feels a little on the nose as a way to soundtrack an inspiratio…

Steve Coogan drops in on the lovably daft Northern Irish comedy, and the alt-pop superstar teases some relationship mysteries. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...

Pixar’s enduring animated favourites battle a rogue tablet, and Disney’s anxiety-inducing kitchen drama returns for a final series Toy Story 5 Out now The toys are back in town for a fifth instalment in Pixar’s long-running signature franchise, with people who were 10 when the first film came out now comfortably of an age to have 10-year-olds of their own. This time, the new toy on the block isn’…

The price is close to $400 million, according to two people with knowledge of the transaction, which is expected to close in the third quarter.

The Longest Day is now available free in the Amplium and Theater apps for Apple Vision Pro. The 7-minute documentary follows triathlete Jules Wagner as he trains for an Ironman.

Latinx representation in films plummeted over the last year even though Latinx people make up more of the U.S. population than ever. Latinx Hollywood veterans spoke with De Los to access the current state of affairs for the sizable yet overlooked demographic.

Andy Serkis has picked the perfect actor for the next iteration of the Lord of the Rings franchise. But if Tolkien didn’t linger over this subplot, should we? Let’s be honest: Anya Taylor-Joy would make a great elf. If any human being could flit from tree to tree as if woven from gossamer and starlight, or appear on a moonlit branch looking as though she had just been summoned by a haunted lute,…

The stupendous fantasy epic is back, and Ryan Gosling finds himself stuck in space with a cute alien in a lovably jolly comedy James Cameron’s bold, blue-tinged fantasy epic returns for a third outing. This one has a similar feel to The Way of Water: regular bouts of stupendous aerial and aquatic action; plenty of dastardly human behaviour; and – underlying the whole enterprise – warnings about c…

From Disclosure Day to Backrooms, a new wave of films promote stories of paranoia, alienation and mistrust. What are they trying to tell us? Thank heavens for cinema, that light in the darkness and the source of all shocking scoops. It tells us to wake up and take action before it’s too late. That we live in the Matrix. That the CIA killed JFK. That our spouse is a robot and our boss an Andromeda…

Colin Farrell is back for Season 2 of Apple TV's L.A.-based neo-noir 'Sugar,' which has a new showrunner and sports a new look.

Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson stumble in this mushy, overlong story of a woman leaving voicemails for her dead sister There’s a fine line between romantic comedy and creepy thriller, and while redefining the genre’s lovelorn leads as often incredibly oddball stalkers is nothing new (see the Sleepless in Seattle trailer recut as a horror movie 20 years ago), an online deluge of memes and thinkpiec…

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the release of Chicano film classic "Zoot Suit," The Ford is hosting a special screening of the movie on July 8.

The filmmaker behind 'Pig' and 'A Quiet Place: Day One' inspires riskiness from actors. His passion project is a new telling of an ancient tale starring Hugh Jackman.

The fifth entry finds the series pulling the same old heartstrings as Jessie, Buzz and Woody once again feel irrelevant. So does the franchise.

Assistant manager’s half-time interview on ITV offered an unexpectedly honest insight into the in-game mood in the camp England’s players have been effusive in their praise for Thomas Tuchel’s half-time talk , but the half-time talk that ITV viewers in the UK got was very different, in the form of a refreshingly frank interview with his assistant, Anthony Barry. In-game interviews of staff are an…

In a remake-riddled TV landscape, its fresh combination of jokes and intrigue offers something for everyone – the casual and obsessive viewer alike In the last few weeks, you may have been seeing a lot of buzz around a show called Widow’s Bay . I am here to provide more buzz, like a loyal bee foot soldier to the queen (television). In this dire existing-IP-driven remake-riddled landscape, an offe…