Wall-E

Pixar has struck gold for the ninth time. 13 years, 9 masterpieces. That's a track record that no other studio or filmmaker has never made, and possibly never will. What started with a light-headed but classic adventure about living toys has now evolved into a deep, topical film that touches on so many levels it deserves the words - instant classic.

Wall-E is a robot built to clean up Earth, after it becomes polluted beyond control. 700 years later, he's the last thing on Earth at all (humans have fled to a giant spaceship, The Axiom) and all he's been doing is cleaning the Earth. That all changes when a probe robot comes to Earth named Eve, and Wall-E is instantly smitten with her.

They begin a friendship and Wall-E develops a crush on Eve. But Eve is called back to the Axiom, and so Wall-E follows her there and his adventure there just might change the way everyone there thinks, and proves that robots too can love.

The incredible part of the movie is that the robots' "voices" aren't voice artists, they're actually household, everyday noises blended into a voice. That is so revolutionary and just, well, cool. And here's another thing - I cried three times in this movie. There. No shame. I cried for the story. I cried for the sheer beauty of the animation. I cried because I feared Pixar would never top this masterpiece.

See it. See it. Why? Because if you don't you'll miss the best film of the year. A