First things first: Onward is perfectly adequate family entertainment ... His dad died of an unnamed elf disease when Ian was a baby (I’d like to think it was lilleukemia) and has left Ian ...

Pixar’s Onward is in theaters on March 6 ... who died when he was a baby. Meanwhile, Pratt's character--Ian’s older brother Barley--has a few fond memories of his dad he hangs onto for ...

but “Onward” employs the cliché in ways that feel both more personal and more daring. Through a series of enjoyably odd contrivances, Ian and Barley’s father is magically brought back to ...

For 88 years now, Disney has been releasing animated films with fantastical stories meant to delight children of all ages, creating a legacy of family-friendly entertainment that serves as its own ...

A manic, moderately diverting baby sitter of a Pixar movie, "Onward" does gets there by the ... The human-like elves we meet include tender, shy Ian Lightfoot and his brash older sibling, Barley.

BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Teenage brothers Ian and Barley are living perfectly ordinary lives... (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ONWARD") UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Morning. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2 ...

But it’s about baby with the bathwater ... “Like the world of ‘Onward,’ Ian has to get out of his comfort zone and has to work a little harder to find his potential, the metaphor for ...

With fewer than 24 hours to spare, Ian and Barley set off on a dangerous quest to restore their dad’s full body, hoping to find some magic along the way. “Onward” is the first of two Disney ...

Pixar’s new film 'Onward' begins with a particularly exciting notion: that magic is real. At least, in the world of the film, magic is real as we see in an opening montage. By Josh Spiegel [This ...

Leading the cast of Onward is Spider-Man star Tom Holland as Ian, an awkward and shy elf trying to come to terms with his magic powers. Onward is the actor's third voice acting part in as many ...

Monsters University writer-director Dan Scanlon co-wrote and directed Pixar's Onward, about two brothers who go on a quest to see if there's still magic left in the world. After both Ian (Tom ...