At first, Disney-Pixar’s latest, “Coco,” sounds a lot like the 2014 Fox film “The Book of Life.” Both are animated features steeped in the aesthetics and customs of Day of the Dead: the Mexican ...

Animation studio Pixar’s latest production Coco is a familiar yarn woven with good-tempered warmth and imagination. Like numerous Pixar films, Coco is an insistent ode to family values that is ...