LIGHTYEAR MOVIE REVIEW

Pixar’s latest is the story of Buzz Lightyear. Not the Toy Story Buzz, but the character that the toy was merch of. You see, an opening scrawl informs us that the young Andy’s favorite movie was…this movie. I guess in the context of the Toy Story universe, the original voice actor for Buzz wasn’t under contract to do the doll so now we have Chris Evans voicing him. The story follows him as a Space Ranger on a long voyaging deep space ship that takes a break from its journey to investigate life signs on a newly discovered planet. Unfortunately for Buzz and the rest of the crew of the ship, things do not go smoothly. Partially due to Buzz’s overconfidence in his abilities, they find themselves stranded with their only hope to recreate the crystals that power their ship from scratch. With Buzz as their primary pilot, he tests each new version that needs to power their test flight ship to be able to reach a certain speed. The only problem is, each time he goes up in the test ship, minutes pass for him, years for everyone else. And then, of course, Zurg. Chris, Frank, Sarah, and Spider-Mike took this film on a test flight and let you know if it hits hyperspeed or if it just coughs up a hairball.

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DIRECTED BY: Angus MacLane

STARRING: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, James Brolin, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, Uzo Aduba, Keira Hairston, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Tim Peake, Bill Hader

 

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Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly ...