The key theme of “Luca,” Pixar’s funny and enchanting new feature, is the acquisition of knowledge — and the realization of how liberating, if painful, that knowledge can be. The charming insight of ...

Pixar dips into the ocean once too often with “Luca,” a colorful but thin (and literal) fish-out-of-water tale. Although the movie touches on familiar themes about friendship, overcoming differences ...

It's a gentle formula fairy tale infused with an honest nostalgia for '50s small-town Italy. But for Pixar that's pretty small gnocchi. With the exception of the tot-friendly, adult-numbing “The Good ...

Pixar‘s “Luca,” now streaming on Disney Plus, is the story of two teenage boys having a carefree summer at the Italian seaside — but they just happen to be sea monsters. Here are a few that we spotted ...

Luca is like any other teenage boy. He yearns for adventure, he's full of energy and has a vibrant imagination. The main difference, however, is that he's a sea monster living by the Italian Riviera.

Movie review : “Luca,” directed by Enrico Casarosa, featuring the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Saverio Raimundo, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan. Streaming on Disney+. From ...

A brisk and bright sun-dappled fable of above-ground adventure and below-the-surface identity, Enrico Casarosa’s “Luca” — a summery, shimmering fish-out-of-water fairy tale — is one of Pixar’s most ...

I don’t think you’ve seen him before …" With apologies to Suzanne Vega, I could not resist sampling her 1987 hit to properly introduce you to Luca Paguro, the amphibious protagonist at the oversized ...

Occasionally, Pixar actually makes a kids’ movie. Sure, the animation studio’s entire library is supposedly meant for little ones, but the films so often turn out more like Psychology 101 class, ...

Was Disney and Pixar’s Luca a hole in one? Or par for the course (even though par for Pixar is very, very high quality)? Either way, that’s the sort of thing you can hash out at the just opened Pixar ...

A brisk and bright sun-dappled fable of above-ground adventure and below-the-surface identity, Enrico Casarosa's “Luca” — a summery, shimmering fish-out-of-water fairy tale — is one of Pixar's most ...