Ash Brannon

Jan 10, 2025 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Laurent Bouzereau |Ash Brannon |John Lasseter

Disney+ covers over 100 years of its flagship studio’s history, from early animated shorts to groundbreaking full-length animated features to family live-action classics to the blockbuster triumvirate of superheroes, space operas, and 3D computer animation of today. It’s a big spread of time filled with classics, some middling stuff, and even a few disasters.

Jan 5, 2025 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Ash Brannon |John Lasseter |Lee Unkrich |John Huston

Since 1943, the Golden Globes have been celebrating the biggest, brightest, and starriest movies of the year. Now, we’re taking every Golden Globe Best Motion Picture winner — including the categories for Drama, Comedy/Musical, and that brief period of unadulterated hedonism during the 1950s/1960s when Musical and Comedy were separated — and ranking them, with Certified Fresh films first. Lately, we’ve caught up with The Brutalist and Emilia Perez taking home the big two.

Dec 5, 2024 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Ash Brannon |John Lasseter |Lee Unkrich |Andrew Stanton

Ever since the 1995 release of Toy Story, when feature animation bounded from paper reams and into the domain of the digital, it’s been to infinity and beyond in creative storytelling. We’ve traveled the sky by house and balloon (Up), crossed dimensions with Spider-Man (Into the Spider-Verse), swam the deepest oceans (Finding Nemo) while learning the value of family along with super glue (The Lego Movie).

Nov 2, 2024 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Ash Brannon |John Lasseter |Lee Unkrich |Andrew Stanton

Inside Out 2  added to the guide!When Disney distributed Pixar’s Toy Story as an autumn alternative to traditional 2D animated features in 1995, could the studio have predicted that it would instead set the gold standard and template for theatrical cartoons for decades to come?

Jun 11, 2024 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | John Lasseter |Andrew Stanton |Ash Brannon |Lee Unkrich

Since 1995, Pixar has stood tall at the intersection where storytelling and technology meet, producing state-of-the-art computer-generated animated films with all-ages appeal, featuring deep, joyful, and occasionally philosophical themes. If you want to experience Pixar movies in order, starting with the landmark Toy Story, into the 2000s golden age, and the diversified tales (and sequels and prequels) of today, this is how the journey goes.