Before 1995, Disney’s 2D fairy tales ruled animation. Then, in 1995, Toy Story (distributed by Disney as a winter alternative) crash-landed, and Pixar flipped the script forever with Woody and Buzz.

No animation outfit has made us laugh as loud and cry as hard as Disney's Pixar. Oh, "Cars 2." What to say about you? You were the movie that made us lose confidence in Pixar, ever so briefly. We get ...

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