Best Animated Movies on Blu-ray
By Steve Crowe
With "Toy Story 3" now in theaters, we look at our favorite animated films on Blu-ray.

The reviews are in for “Toy Story 3,” and it appears the movie is nothing short of amazing.

The third installment of the series had the biggest opening weekend of any Disney Pixar film.

But what remains to be seen is where this movie will end up among the ranks of the greatest animated films.

A.O. Scott of The New York Times says the movie “is as sweet, as touching, as humane a movie as you are likely to see this summer, and yet it is all about doodads stamped and molded out of plastic and polyester.”

We decided to round up our favorite animated films that are available on Blu-ray. And all signs point to adding “Toy Story 3” to this list.



Toy Story
Woody, a traditional pull-string talking cowboy, has long enjoyed a place of honor as the favorite among six-year-old Andy’s menagerie of toys. Quick to calm their anxieties about being replaced by newer arrivals, Woody finds his own confidence shaken, and his status as top toy in jeopardy, upon the arrival of Buzz Lightyear, simply the coolest space action figure ever made.

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78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America.

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