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In case you have never seen it, this is PIXAR's first animated short. My, how things have changed. Facebook ate Friendfeed today. If I was on this plane , I would be the maddest person in the world. When Link Christin boarded a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to the Twin Cities on Friday night, he expected to be on the ground in about three hours and ready for a comfy bed. Instead, he was among 47 passengers who spent the night trapped inside a small plane, parked at the Rochester, Minn., airport, complete with crying babies and the aroma of over-used toilets. The ExpressJet Airlines that operated the plane says the flight was diverted to Rochester because of Twin Cities thunderstorms and that airline regulations prevented passengers from getting off the plane. Christin is incredulous that the airline couldn't figure out an option besides trapping passengers on the plane for nine hours. “It's not like you're on a (Boeing) 747 and you can walk around,” said C...

The return of The Cinema, the movie thread here at The Whole Delivery, features Pixar's latest movie "UP." Will it be another great movie from the animation company? We'll see. Trailer 1 Trailer 2

From Disney's movie Bolt, via mlive.com Good, positive reviews, if not of the spectacular level of Pixar's sole creations, for Disney's Bolt are in as the movie, including this one: hits theaters today : BOLT immediately establishes a tone of gentle jokiness -- in a frenetic opening chase that could have been designed for the sequel to THE INCREDIBLES -- and proceeds to build upon it by bringing in beautifully defined characters with strong, engaging personalities. There's no real villain in the story, which means the challenges Bolt and his friends face often involve overcoming their own mindsets and attitudes instead of fighting off an enemy. Bolt (voice provided by John Travolta) is both the prized pet and screen partner of young actress Penny (Miley Cyrus, whose slightly gruff line-readings give a potentially sticky-sweet character a hint of edginess); they co-star together in a TV series that looks like a mad mash-up of "Lassie" and "Mission: Impossi...