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28 Years Later | Elio | Buckaroo Banzai (1984)

On Truth & Movies this week, The Rage virus rears its ugly head again in 28 Years Later, we check out Pixar’s latest, Eliot and finally, for film club it’s The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8^th Dimension.

Young boy in a blue shirt sitting in a blue, glowing boat on a dark, shadowy lake, with a small white creature floating nearby.

Elio review – a touching treaty on the search for belonging

by Yasmine Kandil

A socially awkward young boy discovers alien life in Pixar’s sweet new intergalactic adventure.

Colourful cartoon characters in a studio setting, with a pink monster, an orange creature with wild hair, and a green character with large eyes.

Inside Out 2 review – earnest but unambitious

by Hannah Strong

New emotions arise in Kelsey Mann’s charming sequel to Pixar’s 2015 hit about the internal machinations of an American tweenager.

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Inside Out 2 | Sasquatch Sunset + The Zellner Brothers | Harry And The Hendersons (1987)

On Truth & Movies this week Pixar gets emotional in Inside Out 2, we review absurdist comedy Sasquatch Sunset and we spoke to its directors. Finally, for film club we revisit 1987’s Harry and The Hendersons.

Vibrant fantasy creatures in colourful city scene, with bright pink, blue, and orange shapes.

Elemental

by Hannah Strong

Opposites attract in Pixar’s take on the rom-com, but a tendency to play it safe means that Peter Sohn’s sparky sophomore feature never quite ignites.

Astronaut in space suit holding cuddly toy cat, control panel with flashing lights in background.

Lightyear

by Hannah Strong

Pixar crash land with an underwhelming sci-fi spin-off focused on Toy Story’s Star Commander Buzz Lightyear.

Furry red monster-like character with big eyes and teeth, holding onto a large crane in an urban setting with blue sky and clouds.

Turning Red

by Kambole Campbell

Domee Shi’s feature debut about a teenage girl with an unusual power is Pixar’s best film in years.

Two cartoon characters, a boy and a girl, holding ice cream cones and smiling on a beach with blue sky and ocean in the background.

Luca

by Kambole Campbell

Pixar’s fish-out-of-water fable on the Italian Riviera takes its cues from vivid imagination of Studio Ghibli.

A female mermaid-like figure floating in the ocean, with a blue flower-like appendage and a tail visible beneath the water's surface against a bright blue sky with clouds.

Pixar weaves a fantasy of Italian mer-boys in the first Luca trailer

by Charles Bramesco

A pair of friends must keep their amphibian secret from their harpoon-happy community.

Crowd of people in a public place, some wearing hats and glasses, with a character from the Pixar film 'Soul' in the foreground.

Soul

by Hannah Strong

Jamie Foxx plays a jazz musician attempting to return to the land of the living in Pixar’s latest animated spectacle.