Such is the fate of “Spiderhead,” a movie that makes a good impression right up until the final minutes. The food, service and atmosphere are top notch, but go to the restroom after dinner and if it’s dirty, that’s what you’ll remember most about your visit. I compare the experience of watching “Spiderhead,” a new psychological prison thriller starring Chris Hemsworth, Jurnee Smollett and Miles Teller, and now streaming on Netflix, to going to a nice restaurant with a dirty bathroom. This image released by Netflix shows Jurnee Smollett, left, and Miles Teller in a scene from "Spiderhead." (Netflix via AP) “Lightyear” may well inspire a renaissance in the character and spawn more toys, but this movie is much more than merch. It’s a hero’s journey, one that actually humanizes the little hunk of talking plastic (or coded series of bits and bytes) and imbues a catchphrase like “To infinity and beyond” with a new, heartfelt meaning. Less expected is how fun the action-adventure is and how effective the patented poignant Pixar moments are. You expect the top-notch animation, some cool looking robots, cutesy side characters and the occasional laugh for parents and kids. “Lightyear” is a Pixar film through and through. ![]() Twenty-seven years, three sequels, one direct to video flick and a television series later, you wouldn’t think there would be much left to say about the character, but Pixar has found a way. On the planet, sixty years has passed before Buzz, and his smart and adorable computer companion cat Sox (Peter Sohn) try one last test trip, one that will unite him with Izzy, her “volunteer team of motivated cadets” and Zurg, a menacing force with an army of robots.Īt first blush, “Lightyear” may seem like the origin story we don’t really need. As Buzz tries trip after trip, his BFF Alisha ages, gets married has a child, and later a grandchild Izzy (Keke Palmer), while Buzz remains, more or less, unchanged. For every minute he’s in space, a year passes back on the planet. “Everyone is stuck here because of me,” he says.ĭetermined to return home, Buzz embarks on a series of experimental flights using various configurations of jet fuel, trying to find the right formula to achieve the hyper speed needed to cut through space and time.īut something strange happens. His famous Space Rangers helmet weighs heavy on his head. After a disastrous crash landing on a strange planet, his attempt to rescue the crew, including Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba), his best friend and commanding officer, goes wrong, leaving everyone stranded on a hostile planet 4.2 million light-years from Earth. ![]() In other words, it’s the movie that inspired the merch that inspired a movie that inspired even more merch.Ĭhris Evans voices the square-jawed, heroic and slightly goofy Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear. ![]() The opening minutes of “Lightyear,” the new Pixar origin story now playing in theatres, inform us that what we are about to see is the film that inspired “Toy Story’s” Buzz Lightyear character. This image released by Disney/Pixar shows character Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Chris Evans, and Sox, voiced by Peter Sohn, in a scene from the animated film "Lightyear," releasing June 17.
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