The Thing That Really Resonated with Me Regarding ‘Toy Story 5’

June 26, 2026

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The 5th one (CREDIT: Pixar/Screenshot)

Starring: Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Conan O’Brien, Greta Lee, Scarlett Spears, Shelby Rabara, Mykal Michelle-Harris, Craig Robinson, Ernie Hudson, Krys Marshall, Alan Cumming, Jermone Ranft, Annie Potts, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Tony Hale, Wallace Shawn, Lori Alan, Jay Hernandez, Blake Clark, John Ratzenberger, Melissa Villaseñor

Director: Andrew Stanton

Running Time: 102 Minutes

Rating: PG

Release Date: June 19, 2026 (Theaters)

The most relevant part of Toy Story 5 for me is Conan O’Brien as the voice of the electronic toy/toilet training device Smarty Pants, both because Coco is one of my favorite funny people of all time and because I could certainly benefit from tips to improve my visits to the bathroom. So what I’m saying is, I would appreciate versions of Smarty Pants for all stages of life, with a trusted voice leading the way for all of us. To paraphrase a certain sheriff: Toys are for play, but tech is for everything, and by “everything”, that better mean everything. For your health! And for better friendships too, if only indirectly.

Grade: 8 Lilypads out of 10 Pants

Super Fun-Time Movie Review: Toy Story 4

July 6, 2019

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As I wrote this review of Toy Story 4 almost a week after seeing the movie, the main feeling that I have upon reflection is one of peacefulness. When Toy Story 3 arrived more than a decade after its predecessors, it brought with it familiarity but also emotional upheaval with all the life changes it sought to deal with. Number 4 is similarly concerned about new chapters, but the kind that you never saw coming, yet somehow feel so perfectly right when you let them happen. So did I cry when Woody made his final decision? I did not, not because of a cold heart, but because my warm heart was so proud of the scary, but promising, step forward I had never considered as a possibility in this series. If toys and franchises are basically immortal, sometimes they have to make big bold choices, and it’s a feat when one of them feels like the best decision for everyone involved.

I give Toy Story 4 10 Voice Boxes out of 12 Skunk Cars.