ONWARD(Fantasy)
WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there.
WHO'S IN IT?Voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING?
- "Pixar's most heartfelt story in years." -- Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
- "Look,Onward isn't even close to top-shelf Pixar. But judging it on its own merits, it's an often funny, genuinely moving story that takes enough twists along the way that the quest becomes a suspenseful journey." -- Kristen Page-Kirby, Washington Post
DID YOU KNOW?
- John Ratzenberger, who plays Felix, has been in every Pixar movie.
- The movie features Disney-Pixar's first LGBTQ character.
- This is Pixar's first film without co-founder John Lasseter, who left the company in 2018.
- This is Pixar's first film to not be released in either May, June or November.
THE WAY BACK(Drama)
WHAT'S IT ABOUT? A former high school basketball phenom, struggling with alcoholism, takes a coaching job at his alma mater.
WHO'S IN IT? Ben Affleck, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins, Glynn Turman
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING?
- "It's a performance that suggests the most interesting stretch of Affleck's career as an actor is still to come." -- Alison Willmore, New York Magazine
- "Ben Affleck is still portraying a version of the Tortured Good Guy with a Past, but he exposes his vulnerabilities in ways that audiences have rarely seen." -- Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly
DID YOU KNOW?
- The Way Back is also the name of a 2010 survival film starring Jim Sturgess,Colin FarrellandEd Harris.
- The movie's original title wasThe Has-Been.
- The budget was $25 million