The new Cars 3 Trailer Channels Rocky IV to Great Effect

This new Cars 3 trailer is a loving tribute to a film franchise that was famous for its training scenes. We’re talking about Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rocky series, particularly Rocky IV, in which Rocky headed to Siberia to train in his fight against the Russian monolith known as Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren). Compared to Drago's high-tech training method, and the myth surrounding the Russian ("whateve he hits,

By  |  May 10, 2017
Lightning McQueen’s Crash is Front & Center of Cars Official Trailer

So far most of the news surrounding Pixar’s Cars 3 has been very good. While Cars has long been a bit of an outlier in the Pixar universe, the rumbling coming ahead of the latest film has been of fresh engines (notably in the form of one new breakout star) and details that suggest this film is the best of the bunch, with a recent screening of 50 some minutes of the film leaving critics feeling revved up.

By  |  April 26, 2017
Lou Teaser Poster Hints at Pixar’s Love of Easter Eggs

Pixar fans, rejoice. The animation powerhouse is piling on a new animated short to add to its already famous collection.

Pixar debuted a new poster Tuesday to tease its upcoming animated short, Lou. The short will play along with Cars 3 this summer and stars a friendly monster named Lou—named for the letters missing from the Lost and Found box he calls his home. Per Pixar’s website,

By  |  March 22, 2017
The New Cars 3 Trailer is Legitimately Thrilling

Cars is typically the Pixar series that gets the youngest fans revved up, but the new trailer for Cars 3 features a violent wreck and tackles the pitfalls of aging. While not quite the material you'd expect from Pixar's most reliably untroubled franchise, director Brian Fee and the Pixar team appear to be going for a bit more heft for the series' third race around the track.

Speaking of races,

By  |  January 10, 2017