“Luca,” the latest animated feature from Pixar, sounds straightforward enough. The title character and his friend Alberto live near Portorosso, a seaside town near Genoa. It’s the late 1950s, which ...

The key theme of “Luca,” Pixar’s funny and enchanting new feature, is the acquisition of knowledge — and the realization of how liberating, if painful, that knowledge can be. The charming insight of ...

"Everything's perfect – especially my new job!" Pixar has debuted a fun short trailer for their Luca short film spin-off Ciao Alberto. Or perhaps a better title – The Adventures of Alberto and Massimo ...

There can't be too much arm-twisting to get someone to spend a few hours in the beauty of a seaside Italian village. Even less if it's populated with the artwork handled by a team of Pixar animators.

A brisk and bright sun-dappled fable of above-ground adventure and below-the-surface identity, Enrico Casarosa's “Luca” — a summery, shimmering fish-out-of-water fairy tale — is one of Pixar's most ...

Movie review: "Luca," directed by Enrico Casarosa, featuring the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Saverio Raimundo, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan. Streaming on Disney+. From that ...

A lot has been said about the striking similarities between Pixar’s upcoming animated film Luca and 2017’s Oscar-winning gay drama Call Me By Your Name. Both are set in sun-drenched Italy and feature ...

Occasionally, Pixar actually makes a kids’ movie. Sure, the animation studio’s entire library is supposedly meant for little ones, but the films so often turn out more like Psychology 101 class, ...

The new lighthearted romp “Luca” doesn't drown in the usual Pixar profundity yet still navigates coming-of-age themes quite swimmingly with some appealing animated youngsters. With kicky retro pop ...