“Lightyear” Review

Lightyear is perhaps one of the oddest of Pixar spin-offs given its trajectory. It’s a story that’s meant to exist as a movie itself within the Toy Story universe to market the Buzz Lightyear merchandise and the only way you’d know that is from the textual introduction. None of this is important as the film works well enough as a solid space adventure and doesn’t require any Toy Story lore to appreciate.

Yet it almost felt like you would be given the rocky first scene. We’re introduced to Bu...