Month: June 2026

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Toy Story 5

Toy Story 5

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Everyone knows that “helicopter parenting” is bad, right?  Apparently not, since the good folks at Pixar have revisited the topic again, seven years after Toy Story 4 made it clear that toys need to know their place.  Don’t they have a “prime directive” to guide them in situations like this?  Anyhow, in Toy Story 5 it’s Jessie instead of Woody who decides to take matters into her own hands with current owner Bonnie, and things turn out about as you’d expect.  There’s also a platoon of newly-awakened Buzz Lightyears that find their way into the story, and who doesn’t love more Buzz?

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Pressure

Pressure

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During a quiet moment in Pressure, Group Captain James Stagg (Andrew Scott) poignantly asks a colleague, “What is wind?”  His question is rhetorical but it reflects the philosophical differences he has with a rival who bases his optimal D-Day forecast upon historical charts.  In the face of unrelenting pressure from everyone around him to change his pessimistic weather forecast, Stagg stays true to his convictions, because he knows that predicting the weather requires more than pattern-matching.  It requires curiosity and insight, two things that ultimately won out in what was proven to be the most consequential weather forecast in history.

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Passenger (2026)

Passenger (2026)

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At one point in Passenger, the heroine uses her van’s camera system to find the ghost that’s been following her.  I’ve seen dash cams and backup cams before, but this was cooler.  It gave her a 360 degree view outside of the van, which eventually revealed the ghost.  While the scene played out exactly as I expected, it was a clever way of using modern technology so that for once, the poor girl can finally look around without her head on a swivel.  This and other little details showed that the filmmakers wanted to make an interesting “stalking ghost” movie, and I was entertained by the results.

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