Toronto native Domee Shi co-directs “Elio,” a Pixar animated sci-fi film about an 11-year-old orphan who yearns to be snatched by extraterrestrials to escape his loneliness — and gets his wish.

Friendship is a frequent Pixar theme. In "Elio," Zoe Saldaña and co-star Yonas Kibreab also connected with the movie's exploration of loneliness.

That old Pixar magic, once one of the most bankable commodities in Hollywood, is in short supply in "Elio," a run-of-the-mill ...

The animation company's latest involves a lonely boy, his alien bestie, the need for communication over carnage and the ...

The story of a lonely boy who wants to connect with alien life explores ideas both personal and universal in a way that will reach all ages.

The young actor sits down with JoySauce and shares the lessons he’s learned from playing the world’s weirdest kid The post ...

An orphaned boy is whisked away on a visually wondrous cosmic adventure, but he returns home with mostly reassuring lessons.

Pixar's 'Elio' has so much promise to be a fun intergalactic kids' movie. But it follows the same formula of past Pixar ...

It’s a solid premise that, viewed one way, has all the makings of a classic Pixar film. It’s existential but cute. It might ...

If a movie is a bowl of breakfast cereal, “Elio” is Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs, and the audience is Calvin. The title hero ...

Elio,’ Pixar’s new movie about a boy who wants to be abducted by aliens, has its roots in a true story about one of its ...