Eleanor Reviews

Director:  Pete Docter  Cast:  (voices) Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Angela Bassett Where can I watch?:   Soul is streaming on Disney+ Rating:  4/5 Review: Pixar has a knack of dealing with tough subjects in a way that doesn't terrify small children and yet somehow reduces adults to weeping wrecks. The studio's latest, released on Disney+ on Christmas Day, is no different. Joe (Jamie Foxx), a middle school music teacher, suddenly finds that his time is up and that he's heading towards the Great Beyond. Fleeing, he stumbles across the Great Before, where souls must find their 'spark' if they're to be sent to Earth. It's here that he meets 22 (Tina Fey), a soul who's been stuck in the Great Before for hundreds of years. Calamity ensues when the pair find themselves back on Earth, but not in the bodies they were expecting. As you'd expect from a Pixar , Soul is beautifully observed, from Mr Mittens' love of a sunbeam, to the golden glow of...

Director: Dan Scanlon Cast:  (voices) Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer Where can I watch?:  You can currently stream from Amazon , but Onward will be available on Disney+ soon Rating:  4/5 Review:  Onward probably won't go down in history as one of the Pixar Greats - a release date in the middle of a global pandemic will do that for you - but that doesn't mean it's anything but a real gem of a movie. Based in a universe where magic was once prevalent but has now been cast aside in favour of cars, electricity and smartphones, this fairytale-esque parable once again proves that Pixar are masters of storytelling. When two brothers (Holland and Pratt) are given the opportunity to see their father again, they embark upon a humorous, action-packed quest involving Hell's Angels-inspired sprites, litter-eating unicorns and a driving lesson that honestly didn't look too dissimilar to my first time behind the wheel... Admitted...