Toy Story 3 opens Friday and the buzz (Lightyear) about it is phenomenal. It's a film about plastic toys and yet, as Claudia Puig wrote in USA Today "any sentient being will surely shed (tears) by the film's heartfelt conclusion." By most accounts it is the best of the Toy Story franchise and one of the best films of the summer so far. How Pixar continues to create animated films with such emotional depth is extraordinary. We'll talk about this gem on The Filmosophers.

Also opening Friday, Jonah Hex, the post-civil war western from DC Comics. From a filmosophical point of view it's the yin to T.S. 3's yang. We were hoping Jonah Hex would be fun, but the consensus on RottenTomatoes.com is "Josh Brolin gives it his best shot, but he can't keep the short, unfocused Jonah Hex from collapsing on the screen." [Click on "Read more" to continue.]