When Elio launches into theaters on Friday, audiences will discover more than just a heartwarming sci-fi adventure about a young boy navigating the cosmos. They'll also be treated to one of Pixar ...

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 ...

‘Elio’ Is Pixar’s ‘E.T.’, Played in Reverse The animation company's latest involves a lonely boy, his alien bestie, the need for communication over carnage and the saving graces of ...

"Elio," the latest from Pixar, should satisfy fans of the studio's storytelling and animation when it releases this week.

Aliens mistake a young boy for Earth’s leader in the animation studio’s latest adventure, a visually dazzling if not-quite-classic entry in its catalog.

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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 life, but the ...

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.

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

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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 ...