Arlo the dinosaur and his pal Spot are attacked by pterodactyls in "The Good Dinosaur." (Disney-Pixar) In “The Good Dinosaur”—the stellar new Disney-Pixar digitally animated feature film debuting in ...

It’s unfortunate that Pixar (or, more accurately, their corporate overlords at Disney) decided to release “The Good Dinosaur” so closely to “Inside Out” – one of the most critically acclaimed films in ...

When Pixar first arrived with 1995’s Toy Story, they fell into a steady release routine and reliably output a movie every one to three years. 2006 began the eight-year streak in which the animation ...

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Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” sure knows how to push all the usual children’s movie buttons. A dead parent. Check. A plucky kid who gets lost and struggles to find his way home? Yep. A cute sidekick who ...

The production history of Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur was marred with delays, a producer/director change, and a complete refurbishment of the story, with a total of six writers credited on the final ...

The Good Dinosaur is Pixar’s best offering at the cinema this year. That’s right, Peter Sohn’s story of a young Apatosaurus named Arlo and his human dog, Spot, is the all ages movie of 2015. Despite ...

Every new Pixar film bears the weight of great expectations. In the context of classics such as "Finding Nemo," "WALL-E" and this year's "Inside Out," "The Good Dinosaur" is a mild disappointment.

“The Good Dinosaur” is a beautiful sight, but its recycled storytelling is stale. Building on the basic ingredients of Pixar and classic hand-drawn Disney animation, a young character loses a parent ...

What if the asteroid that brought about the extinction of all dinosaurs never hit Earth? How would these creatures evolve over millions of years and how would humans fit into this equation? These are ...

“The Good Dinosaur” too often goes through the storytelling motions. The animated comedy-adventure, set in a mountainous, prehistoric American West, is a beautiful sight, but its recycled storytelling ...