The final chapter (?) of Pixar's classic franchise is still fun and clever and pulling at the heart-strings.

Rating: 9/10 (28 June 2019)

TOY STORY 4 (2019) ***1/2 (Voices of: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Kay, Jordan Peele, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Joan Cusack, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Blake Clark, June Squibb, Carl Weathers, Don Rickles, Meadeleine McGraw, Jay Hernandez, Lori Alan, Emily Davis, Lili Sage Bromley, Jeff Garlin, Estelle Harris, Laurie Metcalf, Mel Brooks, Betty White, Carl Reiner, Carol Burnett, Bill Hader, Patricia Arquette, Timothy Dalton, Flea, Melissa Villasenor). The gang is back again in possibly the final chapter of the Pixar franchise with Woody (Hanks) attempting to juggle duties as the group's leader while taking a new toy under their wing, Forky (Hale, stealing every scene) created by his young charge Bonnie and embark on a vacation trip which reunites him with his beloved friend Bo Peep (Potts). Fun and clever still the ensemble of talent is overwhelming (and sadly many are short-shrifted as well) but the theme of universal love of children and their playthings still pulls at the heart-strings. (Dir: Josh Cooley)