Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

Pixar's third instalment reaches satisfying resolution

23 Jul 2010

(U) 108min Sooner or later, everyone grows out of their toys. It’s been over a decade since the world fell for Pixar’s much loved Toy Story and the superior Toy Story 2, so a third instalment, arriving long after its audience has grown up, seems, at…

Modern Love, Get Low, Aaron Schneider and the fragility of film-making at EIFF 2010

Edinburgh International Film Festival Blog

26 Jun 2010

Friday 25 June Friday was my last day at the Festival, and I decided to use it to take a walk off the beaten EIFF track and check out Modern Love, a short film made by a bunch of teenagers from Fife in conjunction with a company called Media…

Pixar make Brave move with Reese Witherspoon and Billy Connolly after Toy Story 3

Edinburgh International Film Festival Blog

22 Jun 2010

Sunday 20 June Edinburgh calls itself a festival of discovery, and it’s true, the majority of films playing here are by first- or second-time filmmakers, and you go into each screening hoping to discover the next great moviemaking talent. But, as…

Monsters director Gareth Edwards and producer Graham King at EIFF

Edinburgh International Film Festival Blog

20 Jun 2010

Saturday 19 June The days, as Calvin & Hobbes astutely observed, are just packed. Saturday began with two great things: the first was Toy Story 3, which was possibly the best threequel I’ve ever seen (I’m meeting its two chief animators later today…

Evil in the Time of Heroes and The Extra Man highlights of EIFF screening frenzy

Edinburgh International Film Festival Blog

20 Jun 2010

I was feeling pretty ashamed of my films-seen-to-days-attended ratio on Friday morning (as it stood at a paltry 1:1), so I went a bit crazy on the screening front. At the crack of dawn I attended ‘Mai Mai Miracle’ at the Cameo, a Japanese anime with…

Mr Nice, Pelican Blood and The Good Heart among Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010 highlights

1 Jun 2010

The Edinburgh International Film Festival programme was announced today. Here are some concise highlights as selected by our film critic at The List.

Toy Story 3 and The Illusionist among Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010 highlights

5 May 2010

With The Edinburgh Film Festival 2010, which runs between 16-27 June, only a matter of weeks away, the red carpets are getting waterproofed and the popcorn machines are getting serviced. Now in its 64th year, the twelve day festival, packed with…

Toy boy Michael Keaton

Celebrity Gossip

26 Aug 2008

Michael Keaton is set to play toy doll Ken in the next 'Toy Story' movie. Former 'Batman' actor Keaton will provide the voice of Barbie's boyfriend in the third instalment of the animated series. Despite Ken and Barbie being a couple, they will…