The new trailer for Pixar’s Elio shows the perfect opportunity for a subtle connection to the studio’s previous record-breaking movie, Inside Out 2.

This decision was made with a purpose: Pixar intends to cut back on the number of streaming series it is producing and focus on big-screen films again. With the release of "Inside Out 2" this ...

In this way, the stories of Pixar are always about changes. In "Toy Story," it was the arrival of a new toy, and in "Inside Out," a move to a new city, and in "Up," the death of a loved one.

Pixar’s 2009 Wall-E (the most uninteresting perverse cartoon ever made) lacked emotional appeal. Intellectually slovenly and repellent, it sold dystopia to kids. But Inside Out is a Pixar movie ...