Ever since 1995's "Toy Story," Pixar has become the gold standard for animated kiddie films. Sure, the old-school Disney folks (who smartly got into business with Pixar) can still crank out a gem here and there, but when you consider titles like "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles," it's hard to argue with the digital studio's clout and track record.

The good news is that Pixar's latest DVD release, "Wall-E," is another masterpiece, proof that their winning streak keeps humming along.

The movie kicks off on a deserted planet. It's covered with skyscrapers of trash and looks like a cross between a dump and a ghost town. Turns out, this is Earth in the perhaps not-so-distant future. All of the inhabitants have been evacuated because their garbage has literally squeezed them out.

The only moving thing left is Wall-E, an adorable, boxy little robot with tear-shaped binocular eyes whose name stands for "Waste Allocation Load-Lifter Earth-Class." On his tread wheels, he scoots around shoveling refuse into his little hatch of a tummy and compacts it down to little bricks which he neatly piles up into soaring pyramids. Occasionally he'll save a bit of junk that catches his playful eye, but essentially he's a lonely drone.

Then one day, a space ship touches down and drops off another sleeker robot. It's a white iPod-looking thing named Eve. For Wall-E, it's love at first sight.

The two flirt and are then separated after traveling to the new human planet, where grossly fat, marshmallowy people zip around on movable sofas drinking Big Gulps. It's not exactly the most subtle dig at the human race, but it's pretty funny.

Meanwhile, Wall-E searches for his true love, getting into trouble. After a while, you forget that you're watching an animated film about robots and just get swept up in one of the funniest and warmest little movies of the year. It isn't just a kid's film, it's art.

Now for a look at what else is new on DVD: in "Meet Dave," Eddie Murphy is a tiny alien inside the body of Eddie Murphy; in "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold," Richard Burton stars in a John LeCarre Cold War classic; and in "Space Chimps," the title pretty much says it all.