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  Luxo Jr. 1986

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Pixar Casts Light on Innovation 

  Pixar originated as a part of the Lucasfilm computer division in 1979, but was promoted into a corporation by majority shareholder Steve Jobs in 1986. The division was hitherto known as the Computer Division, contributing a computer-animated short subject (The Adventures of André & Wally B.) and the first entirely computer-generated character in a feature-length live-action film (for Young Sherlock Holmes). Despite these previous attainments, the de facto origin of Pixar as it is now known…

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  Cars 2006

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 11 Nov 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Popular reviews

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  The Maltese Falcon 1941

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Feb 2023 6

  Cited by many film historians as being the origin point of the noir genre, The Maltese Falcon backs up this claim by showing off why it would become the template for various movies for decades to come. The narrative begins with a young woman appearing in a detective’s office with a relatively simple case; a pretty standard opening. Before long, however, this morphs into a multilayered, complex case of romance and greed, filled to the brim with mysterious characters and…

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  American Graffiti 1973

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Sep 2023 4

  Before he even conceived the idea of Star Wars, which revisited cinema’s history through callbacks and heavy quoting, George Lucas was busy directing a film that recalled a sense of nostalgia for adolescence. Working on a shoestring budget with a group of unproven acting talent, Lucas’ direction and ideas propelled this creation, American Graffiti, into a box office sensation and cultural touchstone. Its impact can’t be overstated, as to this day, fans gleefully recall their own memories of the 1950s and…