Since its earliest days, Pixar has delighted fans with hidden references - some nods to past films, others teasing what's ahead. And Elio is no exception. Directed by Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi ...

Two scholars helped provide perspective to my Sunday (Oct. 23) Times-Picayune piece about the two new TV series that are built on fairy-tale characters and stories. This post is an ...

Pixar has a knack for coming up with good opening salvos, and Elio, the animation company’s latest movie, kicks off with a strong one. When we meet the 11-year-old kid, voiced by Yonas Kibreab ...

“Elio” suffers from Pixar’s worst impulses and benefits from its best attribute.. The story is of an alien-obsessed boy, Elio, who is looking for his place in the world. But his is a special ...

Unlike last summer’s smash “Inside Out 2,” “Elio” isn’t a first-rate Pixar offering, but thanks to sumptuous animation and a warm spirit, it’s a cute “Wizard of Oz”-style journey ...

In film and TV, pop culture references are meant to give a knowing nod to those in the audience who understand the joke. But in an increasingly segmented and diverse country, those jokes may be ...

Pixar's Elio has had the worst-ever box office opening for a film from the animation studio. It's part of a wave of original family cartoons failing at the box office.

Movie review. The new Pixar animated film “Elio” takes up a question famously posed by astrophysicist Carl Sagan: “Are we alone?” It’s in reference to the search for extraterrestrial ...

‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Star Matt Berry on Delivering Unfamiliar American Cultural References: “I Haven’t Got a Clue!” Berry is the first actor of the FX show to receive an Emmy ...

[ Elio review: Pixar’s all-ages pleasures are in short supply in strangely half-formed animation Opens in new window ] In a welcome flourish, Elio is book-ended by references to the Voyager mission.

The teaser trailer for Pixar's "Elio" is finally here -- and it's out of this world. A two-minute look at the film, the 28th from the iconic animation studio, dropped online Tuesday and gave movie ...