Last week I attended a screening of Cars at Pixar, at an event benefiting local education. There is nothing quite like watching a film before it is released, especially in the very location where it was created, sitting in a tiny theatre with incredible sound and unbelievable digital clarity.

In typical Pixar fashion, the voice casting is perfect and the animation is amazing. Cars will appeal to weekend warriors, NASCAR fans, little boys and animation fans everywhere.  Of course girls will enjoy the film as well; it is a Pixar picture after all, with the requisite love story thrown in as a side story for that coveted young female demographic. The movie and story are both entertaining and heartwarming, but I have to say that the extras shown during the credits are hilarious; take the kids and stay until the very end because it is worth the wait.