The Pixar animation studio started its unbroken run of critical and box office successes with “Toy Story” in 1995. Along with its 1999 sequel, the yarn about a cowboy doll (Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks) and an astronaut action figure…

It may be more than a year away, but the restless spirits at Pixar have released a teaser trailer for “Toy Story 3,” the animation studio’s follow-up to the current hit “Up.” Here it is:

“Toy…

“Up,” which opened Friday, is the 10th release from the Pixar Animation Studio. The conventional wisdom is that Pixar has never made a bad movie. But which is the best?

Yesterday morning was rainy, but a preview of the new Pixar movie lifted me up–literally. To build the buzz for “Up,” the new ‘toon in which a geezer uses helium balloons to float away from the everyday world, the animation…

The St. Louis International Film Festival ends Sunday, but it’s hardly coasting to the finish line. There is plenty to see this weekend, including the presentation of a lifetime-achievement award  to documentary legend Michael Apted (best known for the “7 Up”…