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    Pixar’s “Inside Out” Tugs At CinemaCon Attendees’ Heartstrings

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    In this image released by Disney-Pixar, characters, from left, Anger, voiced by Lewis Black, Disgust, voiced by Mindy Kaling, Joy, voiced by Amy Poehler, Fear, voiced by Bill Hader, and Sadness, voiced by Phyllis Smith appear in a scene from "Inside Out," in theaters on June 19. (Disney-Pixar via AP)

    By Lindsey Bahr, Film Writer

    LAS VEGAS (AP) --

    There wasn't a dry eye in the over 4,000-seat Colosseum theater as the credits rolled following the first screening of Pixar's "Inside Out" at CinemaCon on Wednesday morning.

    The film, out June 19, personifies the emotions of an 11-year-old girl who has just moved from Minnesota to San Francisco with her family. Inside the bright control center of Riley's mind, there's ringleader, Joy (Amy Poehler), volatile Anger (Lewis Black), snobby Disgust (Mindy Kaling), hysterical Fear (Bill Hader), and, of course, Sadness (Phyllis Smith).

    "Inside Out" presents a deeply humane, high-concept look at life, youth, and the complex beauty of nostalgia.

    Prior to the screening, Pete Docter told the audience of theater owners at the annual conference that the story was inspired by watching his own daughter grow up. Pixar fans might recall that Docter's daughter voiced young Ellie in the 2009 film "Up."

    Docter said that his daughter, named Elie, was very much like the character in the film: "Very spirited and spunky," he said.

    Then, she turned 11. Suddenly moody and withdrawn, Docter said it made him wonder what was going on in her head.

    In "Inside Out," amid the confusion of adolescence and the stress of the move, Joy and Sadness get sucked out of the control center, leaving only Anger, Fear and Disgust to run the ship. As Joy and Sadness struggle to find a way back to headquarters, Riley's life, personality and childhood innocence melts down as the remaining emotions try to do their best to emulate Joy.

    This leads to sassy tones where there weren't meant to be, mood swings, and irrationality — moments that parents of pre-teens, and former pre-teens, know all too well.

    Docter has infused the expansive land of Riley's mind, including explanations for why four years of piano lessons might fade from memory while an annoying gum commercial jingle lingers. The production of Riley's dreams takes place in an actual movie studio and there are a host of areas created to illustrate the subconscious (full of all the memories that cause trouble), abstract thought and the imagination.

    "Inside Out" was shown as part of Disney's presentation of their upcoming slate of films. Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox will be previewing their films later in the week.

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    Review: Kate Winslet Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Goodbye June”

    Friday, December 12, 2025

    Kate Winslet is due a very thoughtful Christmas gift this year. The veteran actor made a pretty extraordinary maternal gesture, directing, producing and starring in a film her son, Joe Anders, wrote, "Goodbye June," which is in limited release this weekend and streaming on Netflix Dec. 24.

    While it might be worth pointing out that the script originated in a screenwriting class, there will be no nepo baby jokes here. Put alongside most of the Christmas offerings on Netflix, which seem to veer more toward the secret princess/fantasy/romance side of things, and aren't even attempting to be, well, very good, "Goodbye June" is an admirably solid, if generic, drama about family and death with a very distinguished cast.

    Terminal illness, estranged adult siblings and hospital rooms are certainly not going to be everyone's cup of tea around the holidays, but you probably already know by this point whether this is an experience you want to sign up for. It remains a mystery why so many holiday movies feel the need to include a dying mother. Perhaps it's because, from an emotional standpoint, it rarely misses.

    Unlike, say "The Family Stone" however, "Goodbye June" actually places the audience in that most unpleasant of settings: The hospital. It begins with a nightmare scenario, with the elderly mother, June ( Helen Mirren ) collapsing as the kettle cries out on the stove. Her grown son Connor (Johnny Flynn) finds her, collects his father Bernie (Timothy Spall), and they race off to the hospital, forgetting to turn off the tap in the sink before they leave. "Goodbye June" has an eye for the mundane details that make up everyday life that all seem so small in the face of loss.

    Soon, they're greeted by the rest of June and Bernie's daughters, Julia... Read More

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