Toy Story 4 (2019)

Toy Story 3 ended things so beautifully that their didn't seem to be any point in making another, it would likely be superfluous or even blasphemous to do so. Fortunately Toy Story 4 keeps the quality up, its smart and funny, it has something new to say, and some enjoyable new characters, particularly Kay and Peele as stuffed toys from a carnival game, and Keanu Reeves as a vintage 70's stunt man toy named Duke Caboom. The movie is consistently entertaining, my only criticism might be that some of the more established characters have very little to do, Buzz Lightyear's arc is more or less a make work assignment, a "we've got to give him something to do in this" storyline. This is really Woody's movie. The previews by the way give very little of the plot away after the first 40 minutes, Forky will grow on you. I laughed out loud quite a few times, and while not as moving as the previous movie Toy Story 4 does provide a nice little epilogue to the franchise, and without trying too hard is still likely the best "kids movie" so far this year,  ****