36 h. ago Disney Pixar artists bring British kids' alien visions to life ahead of 'Elio' movie release

An artist has created an alien based on the views of 1,000 British kids, who imagined extra-terrestrials to have arms and legs which are long and thin, and a mouth full of sharp teeth

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36 h. ago Disney Pixar artist brings kids' alien visions to life ahead of new film Elio

The children's vision of an alien has been brought to life by Disney Pixar artists, to celebrate the release of new animated movie, Elio

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59 h. ago Elio review – Pixar’s goofy, giddy guide to the galaxy offers charm and vulnerability

Spielbergian twists and an aggressive, deal-oriented alien are among the familiar beats of the Inside Out animator’s latest, about a lonely boy who finds friendship in spaceThere are some sweet retro-Spielbergian thrills in Pixar’s amiable new family animation, whose release was delayed a year due to the strikes; it also has some touches of Douglas Adams as well as John Lasseter’s Toy Stories. There are co-director credits for Pixar stalwarts Adrian Molina (who was the co-director and co-screenwriter of Coco) and feature first-timer Madeline Sharafian, and Pixar will be hoping for a handsome return here to match the success of its recent box office champ Inside Out 2.Elio may well indeed do the business. It has charm, likability and that potent ingredient: childhood loneliness and vulnerability. Its opening act is set aboard a military base where an ambitious young officer has postponed or even abandoned her dream of being astronaut to look after her orphaned nephew. But once the fi...

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59 h. ago Elio review – Pixar’s goofy, giddy guide to the galaxy offers charm and vulnerability | film of the week

Spielbergian twists and an aggressive, deal-oriented alien are among the familiar beats of the Inside Out animator’s latest, about a lonely boy who finds friendship in spaceThere are some sweet retro-Spielbergian thrills in Pixar’s amiable new family animation, whose release was delayed a year due to the strikes; it also has some touches of Douglas Adams as well as John Lasseter’s Toy Stories. There are co-director credits for Pixar stalwarts Adrian Molina (who was the co-director and co-screenwriter of Coco) and feature first-timer Madeline Sharafian, and Pixar will be hoping for a handsome return here to match the success of its recent box office champ Inside Out 2.Elio may well indeed do the business. It has charm, likability and that potent ingredient: childhood loneliness and vulnerability. Its opening act is set aboard a military base where an ambitious young officer has postponed or even abandoned her dream of being astronaut to look after her orphaned nephew. But once the fi...

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3 d. ago Disney offers first glimpse of Toy Story 5 villain as fans all say same thing

The fifth film in the Toy Story franchise is just over a year away and Disney Pixar has given fans have been given a sneak preview of what to expect from the new 'villain'

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4 d. ago Big Manchester artist brings out his grandma during Parklife 2025 set as he declares 'dreams can come true'

Morgan Seatree was playing at Parklife

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8 d. ago Whether wistful or euphoric, Brian Wilson made pop’s most overwhelmingly beautiful music

He was the Beach Boys’ resident genius, seeping melancholy into even peppy teenybopper hits. Beyond all the myths about his life, that brilliance is still intoxicatingBrian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82Brian Wilson: a life in picturesIt’s fair to say that no one who bought the Beach Boys debut single in 1961 would have realised they were in the presence of genius. Surfin’ sounded exactly like what it was: one of dozens of cheap, hastily-recorded singles released on a tiny independent label to cash in on the burgeoning craze for surf music, albeit a regionally-successful example of type. You might easily have expected to never hear of the band who made it again.But the 19-year-old Brian Wilson was determined – he was the taskmaster that had relentlessly drilled his unwilling younger brothers Carl and Dennis into learning to harmonise – and a quick learner. The leap in quality between Surfin’ and its 1962 follow-up Surfin’ Safari was striking. The ...

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1 week ago Turkish artist brings Istanbul’s spirit to life at London Design Biennale

Turkish artist brings Istanbul’s spirit to life at London Design Biennale  Hürriyet Daily News

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2 w. ago Disney fans say same thing as they discover age of iconic Pixar film

The hit Pixar movie is celebrating a major anniversary today

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3 w. ago Farewell to the 'visionary' who gave us Ab Fab, Wallace and Gromit and Colin Firth as Mr Darcy 

Following the death of legendary BBC executive Alan Yentob, the Mirror's Jessica Boulton looks back on the life and career of a daring outsider remembered as a 'cultural visionary'

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