The Santa Clause (1994)
Feb 18, 2000Man Becomes Santa
Popular film with Tim Allen as a regular family man who is forced to become Santa. Several sequels followed.
Tim Allen
Toy Story (1995)
Dec 16, 2001Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys
The first film from Pixar and a breakthrough in being the first computer-animated film. Even aside from its technical innovations, this is enormously good fun with extremely well-constructed character arcs
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Dec 2, 1999Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys
Pixar's sequel to their first film and arguably an even better work where they get the plaintive emotion, character arcs and witty humour down perfect
GalaxyQuest (1999)
Dec 28, 1999Star Trek Parody
An extremely funny parody of Star Trek that sends up both the show, the actors and the fandom. A very witty and knowing script that has definitely been written by fans
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
Aug 18, 2000Space Hero/Animation
Video-released spinoff of the Toy Story films featuring Buzz Lightyear in an adventure. Although released under the Pixar name, the animation is all cheaply produced by a Chinese studio
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Dec 13, 2002Santa Seeks a Wife
The first of two sequels to The Santa Clause with Tim Allen as Santa Claus, this benefits from a bigger budget
Big Trouble (2002)
Dec 28, 2004Nuclear Weapon Comedy
A flop comedy based on a Dave Barry novel about various characters trying to obtain a nuclear weapon. Despite a reasonable name cast, this becomes slapstick inanity in director Barry Sonnenfeld's hands
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Feb 11, 2007Santa vs Jack Frost
Third of the Santa Clause films starring Tim Allen as Santa where his reality is upended by the evil Jack Frost
Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006)
Dec 14, 2008School for Superheroes
Family-friendly superhero film that places more focus on slapstick than superheroics and contains an embarrassing return to the screen for Chevy Chase
The Shaggy Dog (2006)
Nov 22, 2008Man Transforms Into a Dog Comedy
Remake of the old Disney comedy, which now becomes a vehicle for Tim Allen, played with a manic slapstickery wherein Allen demonstrates there are few levels of silliness he will travel to in imitating dog-like behaviours
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Jun 19, 2010Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys
After such high standards with the previous two films, there is considerable onus on Pixar when it comes to this third entry nevertheless they manage to wring some strong and effective new twists on the familiar
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Oct 12, 2019Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys
Pixar's diversion off into sequel-making has weakened the unbroken string of hits the studio had throughout the 2000s. Here they sequelise their very first film for a third time but the surprise is a film that creates a range of eccentric characters and finds the wit and warmth that has been missing through the last few entries