In light of this weekend’s box office release of Wall-E, it’s only fitting to highlight Pixar’s feature films. The company literally popped out of the box with its then-groundbreaking CGI animation. Blending their special animation software with good old-fashioned storytelling skill, Pixar has added new dimensions of emotions, expressions, and movement to the characters we have come to know and love.

Since its first completed work, “Toy Story” in 1995, made $328 million worldwide, Pixar has only seen rising success with one record-breaker after another. Thereafter, more brainstorms and storyboards produced “A Bug’s Life” in 1998, “Toy Story 2” in 1999, “Monsters, Inc.” in 2002, and let’s not forget “Finding Nemo,” which in 2003 banked an unbelievable $850 million in global box office.

Since then, Pixar’s legacy of excellence has been sustained by notable awards and international recognition for recent adventures such as “The Incredibles,” “Cars,” and last year’s delectable “Ratatouille.”

Audiences and critics alike have come to expect greatnesss with every film that begins with the clever ‘hopping lamp’ logo.

And 13 years since our introduction to Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Pixar continues to put a different twist on those G-rated kiddie films. Not only is the animation still astounding, the storylines of each film speak to the heart, be it young or old. The human qualities in each non-human character deliver the message beautifully, clear and simple.

Seeing all of Pixar’s achievements, we can only see a bright future for that cute little robot with those expressive human-like binocular eyes named Wall-E.

But before I sign off on this post, we, at Reel Talk, are trying to decipher an urban legend that surrounds Pizza Planet. This sci-fi themed pizza restaurant first made its debut in “Toy Story.” Pizza Planet’s fifteen minutes of fame did not end there. As the story goes, each Pixar film supposedly contains a reference to Pizza Planet in some manner.

With that in mind, we have speculations about the legitimacy of this urban legend. If you have any type of confirmation, send us an email. In the meantime, if you’re going to see Wall-E this weekend, look out for a Pizza Plant appearance and let us know!