2 w. ago Quentin Tarantino has strong opinions about Paul Dano and none of them are right | Sian Cain

Tarantino has called Dano a ‘weak, weak uninteresting guy’, ‘the giant flaw’ in There Will Be Blood – and the main reason it is not his favourite film of the 21st centuryHow does the saying go? Opinions are like arseholes? Arseholes like opinions? Anyway: Quentin Tarantino went on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast this week to announce his 20 favourite films of the 21st century – a list that starts with Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down at No 1 and finishes on Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story at 20, by way of a few surprises (Toy Story 3 in second spot, Midnight in Paris at 10).But the wildest of wild takes was revealed in his No 5 pick, There Will Be Blood, when Tarantino declared Paul Dano was the film’s “giant flaw”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Toy Story 5 trailer is right says author who warns traditional toys are dying out

The Toy Story 5 trailer has got the world talking with its depiction of screens taking over from traditional toys - author Frank Cottrell-Boyce says it is all too real

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3 w. ago ‘I prepared for the role by playing in my room’: the making of Toy Story as it turns 30

The groundbreaking, smash-hit adventure was a make-or-break moment for both Pixar and computer animationWhen the Pixar studio was casting for Toy Story, children were invited to bring one toy to the audition. Seven-year-old John Morris showed up with 20: a case of his beloved X-Men action figures. He got the part.Playing Andy, a young boy whose toys include cowboy Woody and spaceman Buzz Lightyear, his was the first voice ever heard in a feature-length Pixar animation. Toy Story was released 30 years ago on Saturday, but to Morris the memory of its premiere is as fresh as ever. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Toy Story cast now from tragic death to arrest as iconic film turns 30

On November 22, 1995, a film called Toy Story hit theatres and changed countless lives. If you’re one of the people wondering ‘whatever happened to the Toy Story cast?’ — look no further, because we’ve got the tea.

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3 w. ago Toy Story cast's dramatically different lives as iconic film turns 30

Toy Story released in theatres 30 years ago today and changed countless childhoods forever — read on to find out what the iconic Pixar film's cast are up to now.

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3 w. ago I ❤ NY: Queens recognises Queens as Trump gives Mamdani warm reception

No fists, no fire – the president and the mayor-elect met in Washington, and things went bewilderingly, bizarrely wellThe armies of lefty America and of Maga were assembled ready to watch their champions do battle. After all, Donald Trump had called Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and “total nut job.” The incoming democratic socialist New York mayor in turn had called the Republican US president a “despot” and “fascist”.But anyone expecting to see fists fly and shirts torn in the Oval Office was in for a disappointment. Trump, 79, and 34-year-old Mamdani actually got on rather well. In fact beautifully, bewilderingly, bizarrely well. Instead of Batman v Superman, this was Toy Story besties Woody and Buzz Lightyear. Continue reading...

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