The heroine becomes a beaver. Who's a robot avatar. In a nature parable that keeps twisting and turning and surprising you.

Pixar's 'Hoppers,' which was teased in an 'Elio' post credit scene, balances laughs and lessons in animated beaver adventure.

The latest Pixar animated movie has Avatar's plot — one of its characters even points that out! — but its big environmental message is "Don't bother." ...

Before that adventure begins, Hoppers checks off something huge on Pixar's usual to-do list: making me cry within the first ten minutes. In these opening minutes, we meet a young ...