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Onward: Review

2020. PG. 102 mins. Dan Scanlon Pixar is considered to be arguably the best animation studio in the film industry. So anytime they have a new movie coming out it is typically a big deal. With 21 total movies made since the original Toy Story came out back in 1995 Pixar has gone on to have only two misfires in my book, Cars 2 and The Good Dinosaur. Onward marks the 22nd movie in their lineup and hopes to continue their impressive streak of some of the best animated movies to be made. Does it achieve this or does Pixar play it a little too safe with Onward? Onward tells the story of a world that used to rely heavily on the use of magic but over time ignored using magic and decided to tend to things on their own. Two elven brothers, Ian (Tom Holland) and Barley (Chris Pratt), get the chance to experience some of the old magic of their world when Ian is gifted a special crystal on his sixteenth birthday. The crystal was given to him but their late father and it holds the power to brin...