“Onward,” Pixar’s first original, non-sequel movie in more than two years, makes you wish that they’d finally leave Woody and Buzz in the toy chest.
The animation studio is at its creative best while introducing us to vibrant new characters and worlds, such as a family of secret superheroes (“The Incredibles”) or venturing inside a young girl’s brain (“Inside Out”).
But too often, Pixar, like every other studio, milks its lucrative franchises to death, which is how we end up with “Cars 3,” watching the same damn cars for the third damn time.
Thankfully, Pixar’s moved onward. Welcome to New Mushroomton, a sleepy suburb populated by elves, dragons and pixies. Homes look like giant toadstools and feral unicorns rifle, raccoon-like, through
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