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Pixar's latest is bursting with charming visual touches and life-affirming messages, so why does it feel so cold?
  • Kids' movies that aren't for kids: The top 10

    Will "Where the Wild Things Are" be a smash or a flop? Either way, it joins an august list of kidult classics
  • Can 3-D save the movie industry?

    Filmmakers hail the technology as a new frontier. But the future looks a lot like the past.
  • What's behind the "WALL-E" cult?

    Is Pixar's Chaplin-meets-Kubrick robot romance really the best animated film ever? Plus: Answers to our "Sukiyaki Western Django" quiz revealed!
  • "WALL-E"

    This new Pixar movie is an environmental cautionary tale and a story of robot love -- and quite possibly the most melancholy cartoon ever made.
  • To Pixar: We love it. But next time, could you add a girl?

    Pixar's characters are consistently fun, engaging, lovable ... and male.
  • "Ratatouille"

    This delicious tale of a rat who cooks is pure joy, a grand achievement -- one of the most beautiful animated pictures ever made.
  • "Cars"

    This animated tale from Disney/Pixar is sleek and shiny, but is it anything to get revved up about?
  • Digital fashion design ain't as easy as it looks

    The computer-generated clothing in Pixar's "The Incredibles" required real tailors and years of programming.
  • "Finding Nemo"

    Pixar's latest animation wonder -- a shimmery, velvety undersea coming-of-age story -- sure is beautiful. But why should we spend two hours looking at it?
  • "Monsters, Inc."

    The new animated feature from Pixar has too much Disney pap and not enough Gothic.
  • Linux goes to the movies

    Who says free software is passé? Hollywood's special-effects industry can't get enough of the operating system built by hackers, for hackers.
  • The new, improved Steve Jobs

    Even if he did try to stop publication of a biography about him, there's a lot to admire about the Apple CEO, says author Alan Deutschman.
  • The once and future Steve Jobs

    How the comeback kid remade Apple -- from the "Think Different" campaign to a "loose lips sink ships" reign of terror.
  • An end to the Apple turnover

    Steve Jobs accepts the inevitable -- and embraces the CEO title.
  • "Toy Story 2"

    Buzz and Woody get warm and fuzzy in Pixar's terrific sequel.
  • "Toy" story man

    Pixar whiz Joe Ranft explains the Buzz on "Toy Story 2" -- and gives voice to Wheezy the Penguin.
  • The magician of Macworld

    There's no business like the show business of Steve Jobs, who pulled Apple's iBook and Pixar's "Toy Story II" from his Macworld hat.
  • Machine dreams

    In an industry of clones, Steve Jobs put his smart, stylish, stubborn stamp on our computers.
  • This bug's life

    With it's much-anticipated follow-up to 'Toy Story,' Pixar conquers in the animated bug battle. Reviewed by Janelle Brown.
  • Toy gory

    How much mayhem can a bunch of foot-high action figures incite? In 'Small Soldiers,' plenty. Review by Scott Rosenberg.

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