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  • A Bug's Life (1998)
    Review preview for A Bug's Life

    Make no mistake: all ages will leave the cinema with a big fat grin on their faces.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An ant recruits a troupe of circus insects to save his colony from grasshoppers.
  • Cars (2006)
    Review preview for Cars

    Let's hope that Pixar hasn't run out of gas.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A rookie racing car learns humility and down-home values in a rusty old town as Pixar's CGI animators wipe away a tear.
  • Cars 2 (2011)
    Review preview for Cars 2

    Oddly, Pixar don't seem to have many fresh ideas for wringing humour out of their what-if-we-were-all-cars idea, as a result of which it feels as if it has been awkwardly sandwiched together with the plot from another film.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    Can the motoring heroes foil a plot to scupper the grand prix?
  • Toy Story In 3D (2009)
    Review preview for Toy Story In 3D

    The 3-D is subtly done... There are no obvious changes to the picture, which is to Disney's credit.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A 3D version of the kids' classic about a toy cowboy facing up to his owner's acquisition of a toy spaceman.
  • Toy Story (1995)
    Review preview for Toy Story

    Toy Story may be the first computer generated full-length feature, but it is also as close to perfection as it is possible to be.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    The 10th anniversary of the first CGI animated feature.
  • Toy Story 2 (1999)
    Review preview for Toy Story 2

    Technically, imaginatively, emotionally, John Lasseter's sequel matches the original.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Living toys take on a shady collector in excellent sequel.

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