Brave

Review: Brave

I'd love to be able to say with complete authority that Brave is a colossal return to form for Pixar, but I can't, because... well, frankly, I didn't much feel like seeing Cars 2. Though I can't comment on the specifics, Pixar's last movie felt so cynically made, so driven by the wrong factors, so unlike them. What I am qualified to comment on, however, is Brave and how it's seemingly the complete antithesis of Cars 2: lovingly crafted for all the right reasons and built from the ground up around story and character, not market share or brand recognition. Brave strives above all else to make an emotional connection, and boy does it connect: a hugely atmospheric fairytale of old, it's Pixar's most mature movie to date.

Film journalist completes poorly-conceived feature on archery

A film journalist yesterday filed some half-arsed copy for a lacklustre feature in which he was asked to examine why so many of this year's blockbuster hits feature archery. "Not my best work," said the journalist.

Japan: making Pixar posters better since right now

If you thought the US one-sheet poster for Pixar's Brave was purdy, wait 'til you get a load of Japan's effort. Nice work, Japan. Take the evening off.

New poster for Pixar's Brave deserves a wide page to itself

Every once in a while, a movie poster comes along that takes your breath away. This is that poster. Don't worry, next week I'll be asking why Tom Hardy looks like he's just stepped out of the showers on the This Means War one-sheet.

Did you spot the easter egg in the poster for Pixar's Brave?

I did, I did!

Pixar Bravely dumps first female director

Pixar's Brave (originally titled The Bear And The Bow) was to be their first film directed by a woman, but it looks like that might not be the case any longer.