Tagged The Incredibles

In the 14 years since the original Incredibles, the superhero genre has changed almost immeasurably. While, for the most part, the sequel avoids the new traditions and tropes that have sprung up, the...

The Gift explores the unsettling relationship between two men who went to school together, and are reunited randomly. Seemingly innocent at first, it quickly turns suspicious, as there appears to be something...

Over 21 years and 15 feature films, Pixar have taken us from small bedrooms to big cities, from Toy Barns to the depths of the ocean, deepest forests to outer space - and now, fantastically, inside the mind of...

Brad Bird’s wide-ranging career so far is most remarkable for two reasons. The first, and most obvious, is that despite only having directed four feature films (and only one of these live-action), he has...

The announcement by Pixar that a fourth instalment of the Toy Story franchise will be released in 2017 has been met with what can only be described as a mixed response. Before we get into the details of the...

As the superhero franchise machine rumbles on, it seems like an appropriate time to look back at the history of the genre. I’ve explored its past, present and future and now I’m here to put my neck on the...

Alan Moore’s legendary Watchmen was the catalyst for a sea change in the way both comic books and superheroes were viewed by the wider world. Deconstructing the clean-cut superhero myths of classics like...