The film opens with an incredible oner - a scene filled with convincing special effects and action, carefully blocked, which made me go, “wait, how did something this interesting and purposefully shot end up in the sequel to Smile??!”

And honestly, I was digging the tone in the first act, which didn’t spam a shitty score, knew when to be quiet, and continued to have impress in its framing. The lead peformance from Naomi Scott was actually good, and my…

The words ‘Pixar Original Disney+ Exclusive TV Show’ pop up on your screen, and suddenly your blood pressure spikes. Those industry titans of the early 2000s who seemingly couldn’t help but knock it out of the park have finally kicked the bucket and gone full streamer. ‘It makes sense,’ you tell yourself as you begin to round up your old Pixar merch like Andy at the end of Toy Story 3, ‘all good things must come to an end.’ The…