You might be stumped with what to get your loved ones this Christmas -- on that front, don't worry: Movieline's Gift Guide is coming soon to a web browser near you! -- but thanks to Pixar, Christmas 2011 is already covered. The trailer for next summer's Cars 2 has arrived and brought with it enough stocking stuffers to please even the most fickle Michael Caine impersonator.
About that: Michael Caine voices one of the cars! And his car fires missiles! Owen Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy return as well, as this time the cars of Cars head to Tokyo for some Enter the Void-like scenery and explosions. Obviously, discerning Pixar-types are going to scoff at the existence of this monetarily driven sequel, but there is something fun about the idea of the studio known for touching masterpieces doing their own variation of a Michael Bay film. Cars 2 may very well be soulless, but at least it'll be brightly colored. And then there are all those toys...
VERDICT: Sold! (As in: Toys.)