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Coraline Comes Back to DVD and Blu-ray in a New Gift Set on December 8th

5 November 2009 12:11 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

You can bring home one of this year's biggest animated hits in a brand new gift set, just in time for the holidays. Coraline will be released in a brand new collector's edition gift set on DVD and Blu-ray on December 8. We don't have pricing details as of yet, but these new sets will include exclusive items like postcards and the book Getting Things Right, where director Henry Sellick explains the creative process of the film. Take a look at the cover art images and special features below.

From the Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas comes a visually stunning stop-motion animated feature - the first to be originally filmed in 3-D! Discover how the filmmakers and artisans created the magical handmade world of Coraline, exclusively in this 2-Disc Collector's Edition! Coraline Jones is bored in her new home until she finds a secret door that leads her into a »

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Henry Selick Exclusive Video Interview. Talks Future Projects, Coraline Unfixed, Why He Left Laika Studios, More

1 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

A few days ago I sat down with director Henry Selick (”Coraline”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, “James and the Giant Peach”) for a very extensive interview.  While I spoke to him earlier this year before “Coraline” got released, with Focus Features trying to get “Coraline” nominated for Best Animated Feature (it absolutely deserves a nomination!) Selick has been talking to journalists and I was lucky enough to land a spot.  While we touched on “Coraline”, most of the interview covered other subjects.  Since most of you might not have the time to watch the entire interview, here are some highlights.  But if you’re a fan of Henry Selick, you definitely want to watch the interview after the jump as it was great.

Says his next project might be another collaboration with Gaiman. If it’s not the next one, it’s the project after the next one.  Says there »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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Movies That Make Me Think of Halloween

30 October 2009 9:51 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Recycled Film Experience! I wrote some of this in advance -- years in advance in fact -- to free up time to enjoy this costume crazed holiday. I originally published this list in 2005, but I've tweaked it some. Plus, not all of you were around in 2005. Herewith, the top 12 movies that remind me of Halloween. It's a top ten list and it's not even Tuesday. I'm so generous.

12 The Batman franchise (1989-2008)

In 1997 I went out Halloween clubbing as the Uma version of Poison Ivy. Whenever you dress up as a movie character the year the movie comes out, you'll have competition. There was another Poison Ivy there but I buried her, I promise. I had the horns and all the details, see. It was the longest I ever spent getting ready for Halloween (which is saying something): glue guns, orange wigs, fake foliage, you name it. I don't try as hard anymore. »

- NATHANIEL R

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MovieSet’s Alliance DVD Round-Up - Coraline, Ghosts of Girlfriends, Away We Go, Easy Virtue, 17 Again

30 October 2009 3:50 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »

As winter approaches the days start getting shorter and the temperature keeps dropping which makes watching movies at home start to look like a better option than braving the cold weather to go out to the theater.

Lucky for you, Alliance has released a great selection of films that can entertain fans of any genre. Keep your eyes open for Coraline, Nothing Like the Holidays, Away We Go, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Easy Virtue, Sin Nombre and 17 Again.

Coraline

Coraline DVD

If you’re looking for a good family film to watch over Halloween, then pick up Coraline on DVD or Blu-Ray to delight and frighten you in standard 2-D, or eye-popping 3-D.  Coraline tells the story of a young girl who walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life.

On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to »

- Shannon

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A Halloween Chat With Henry Selick, Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline

30 October 2009 3:15 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

With one masterful movie in which imaginary, holiday-manufacturing villages collide, The Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick single-handedly ignited the stop-motion renaissance. His most recent film, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2002 children's book Coraline, was no less ghoulish a tale, centering on a little girl with neglectful parents who discovers a mirror world of button-eyed doppelgangers living through a secret passageway. Movieline spoke with Selick today about Jack Skellington's favorite day, the direction stop-motion is taking, and the grunt work of making an enduring animated classic. »

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Review: Coraline

28 October 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

The latest movie sent over for us to review on our iPod Touch so kindly given to us by NBC Universal is Coraline. I have to admit to not knowing too much about this movie before I watched it. I’d heard something about buttons for eyes and that it was a bit twisted but other than that I was pretty clueless.

The movie stars Dakota Fanning as Coraline, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Ian McShane, Keith David and is directed by Henry Selick who previously brought us A Nightmare Before Christmas. Once you see Coraline, that will make perfect sense.  I think that I had the misconception that this was a kids movie but now that I’ve seen it, it’s so much more than that and will definitely appeal both to adults and children. That said, it’s quite a freaky film with a few bits that made me, »

- David Sztypuljak

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Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Review

25 October 2009 8:08 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Considering the worldwide phenomenon Wallace and Gromit have become, it’s something of a mystery that the stop-motion duo’s latest adventure, the Hitchcockian “who-donut” A Matter of Loaf and Death, would go straight to home video in the States (as opposed to overseas, where the BBC debuted the film to through-the-roof ratings on Christmas Day). The upside of the arrangement is that it gives American fans an excuse to snag the entire W&G collection on Blu-ray, complete with commentaries, extras and a host of “Cracking Contraptions” shorts.

As it turns out, Loaf and Death is actually something of a letdown, trading the retro-styled charm of their three previous shorts and feature-length adventure Curse of the Were-Rabbit for faster pacing, a fair amount of CG and a bunch of recent blockbuster references (after operating in a 1940s-style time capsule all these years, does the series really need references to Aliens? »

- Peter Debruge

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Feature Trailer For Adam Elliot’s Mary And Max

23 October 2009 12:21 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

Boy, oh boy, do I love me some stop-motion animation. Be it “Creature Comforts,” “Coraline,” or even, God help me, “Monkeybone,” I’m always down for some meticulously-crafted, old-fashioned storytelling. While mindlessly digging through content over at Trailer Addict, I happened upon a preview for “Harvie Krumpet” director Adam Elliot’s engaging effort “Mary and Max,” a movie which seems to blend the snazziest elements of Henry Selick and Nick Park into one charming little picture. I haven’t seen a Region 1 DVD release date yet, though I strongly suspect it should be coming down the proverbial pipeline pretty soon, as it’s already been unleashed in other territories. However, according to the official website, “Mary and Max” is screening on Sundance Selects throughout USA – via Brighthouse, Cablevision, Comcast, Fox, and Time Warner – as of 14 October 2009. For those interested parties, an official synopsis: Spanning 20 years and 2 continents, Mary and Max »

- Todd

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Howling Heaps of Halloween Film Fun!

20 October 2009 9:01 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Halloween festivities here at Screen Rant continue, and while everyone first thinks of zombies and soon-to-be-eaten brains this time of year, we’ve also been busily looking through libraries of fun-for-everyone “Halloweenesque” movies and have come up with the first installment of “Howling Heaps of Halloween Film Fun!”

It’s time to grab a should-be-for-trick-or-treaters bowl of candy, your favorite cold or warm beverage and head for your home theater to partake in some ghoul and ghosty-ridden Halloween Movie Fun! Read on below to revel in the first installment of Howling Heaps of Halloween Film Fun and afterward tell us what Your favorite Halloween-fun-time movie is in the discussion area below!

 

5: GhostBusters (1984): Nested in the many movies that made soundtracks a phenomenon in the 80s (Top Gun, The Lost Boys, et al) is the movie that answers the question, “Who you gonna’ call?” This Harold Ramis/Dan Akroyd »

- Mike Wilkerson

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'Saw VI' And 'Cirque Du Freak' Call For An Early Halloween In This Week's Box Office Poll

19 October 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

It's a strange week for new releases, primarily because the latest, sixth entry in the "Saw" franchise is hitting theaters a full week before Halloween. Traditionally, each new "Saw" hits on the Friday before the year's trick or treaters emerge. Following a trend set with last year's "Saw V," the new entry will have a week to breathe before the Halloween festivities begin. Expect lots more Jigsaw puzzling and gore-nography in "Saw VI," which joins newcomer director Kevin Greutert with writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who penned "Saw IV" onwards.

Also somewhat in the horror vein -- though more in the "hey, vampires are popular vein" -- this week is "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant," which I caught a few weeks ago and am sort of regarding as a male-oriented attempt to latch onto the "Twilight" phenomenon. I wasn't a huge fan of the movie, but it is »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Coraline Blu-Ray: Review

19 October 2009 9:59 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »

Director: Henry Selick. Review: Adam Wing. Be careful what you wish for, I think we’ve all heard that particular phrase once or twice before, and it’s wisdom like this that sets the stage for Henry Selick's Coraline, an eye-popping stop-motion animated movie that could be unsuitable for younger viewers. Always a good thing in my book, I don’t have any. Coraline Jones (voiced by Dakota Fanning) and her parents (Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman) have moved into the Pink Palace, a drab boarding house that has long been neglected. Her parents work from home but have very little time for their inquisitive young daughter. Coraline spends her day exploring the new home, and it’s here that she discovers a secret doorway to a harsh new world. A world that looks strikingly similar to the one she has just left behind, until she scratches beneath the surface that is, »

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Tim Burton's Big, Strange 'Frankenweenie' Remake

14 October 2009 11:56 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Ok...so Tim Burton apparently has plans for a movie that isn't just a self-remake but also a stop-motion, black and white, 3-D remake. Well, that about covers all the bases, doesn't it?

I suppose if you're Burton and the film in question is his very odd 80s short film, Frankenweenie, you know going in that you're not going to hit the widest possible audience anyway, so you might as well have a lot of fun with it. Coming Soon reports that producer Allison Abbate, who has the new stop-motion flick Fantastic Mr. Fox in theaters soon, has updates of sorts about the project, which would shoot for a couple years in London if everything comes together as planned.

Among the ideas currently being discussed is to make the feature version of Burton's film stop-motion, like his previous Corspe Bride and The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Coraline's Henry Selick. »

- Colin Boyd

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Oscar 2010: Early Predictions – Best Animated Feature

10 October 2009 7:02 PM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Best Animated Feature Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Phil Lord and Chris Miller As a scientist tries to solve world hunger, it starts raining food. Coraline, Henry Selick A young girl discovers a new world featuring an idealized version of her dysfunctional family life — and some spooky little secrets as well. Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson Farmers band together [...] »

- Andre Soares

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DVD Weekly Roundup – Mon 12th October 2009

10 October 2009 3:48 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Coraline

Based on a brilliant book by Neil Gaiman, Coraline is about a young girl that enters a parallel reality when she discovers a hidden door in her new home. In this world she encounters strange characters that help and hinder her journey back into real life.

Directed by Henry Selick of Nightmare Before Christmas fame, Coraline is another great-animated feature that has been released recently. It can sit proud alongside Pixar’s Up and Fantastic Mr Fox. Amazing visuals and a perfect script make this perfect viewing for the whole family. Highly recommended!

Looking For Eric

One of Britain’s best directors brings us Looking For Eric. Telling the story of Eric, a postman living in Manchester desperately trying to get his life back on track after his wife leaves him. Unable to turn to anyone, it is while smoking a joint that Eric is visited by none other »

- Alex Wagner

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Mill Valley Film Festival '09: Honorary Guests and Must-Sees

8 October 2009 1:48 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

The Mill Valley Film Festival opens tonight, filling the next 10 days with some of the most anticipated films of the rest of the year, as well as a selection of international films making its way to the Bay Area. In addition, the festival will also host the awarding of talents such as Woody Harrelson, Clive Owen, Uma Thurman, Jason Reitman and screen legend Anna Karina.

We'll have reviews coming in for the festival soon, but for the moment, here's a brief preview of what to look for.

Clive Owen gets a spotlight for bringing his latest work, the patriarchal drama The Boys Are Back, which opens the festival tonight. Owen plays a father who has to raise his two sons on his own after his wife's sudden death. As part of the program is a screening of Owen's breakout role in the gambling thriller Croupier.

Paired with fatherhood is Motherhood, »

- Arya Ponto

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Coraline Director Henry Selick Leaves Animation Studio Laika

7 October 2009 1:40 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

After working at the Portland, Or-based animation studio Laika for five years, writer/director Henry Selick has decided to leave the studio to work elsewhere. Selick had been looking for another feature to oversee, but with his contract up and no next project in place for him to tackle, he decided to move on. Selick's last stop-animation feature film Coraline wasn't exactly a smash success, but it did earn a respectable $75 million at the Us box office. As Anne Thompson said: "It seems odd that when a movie breaks out and does as well as Coraline, that the filmmaker would leave the animation company behind it." Before joining Laika, Selick was best known for directing The Nightmare Before Christmas. Animators who worked on Coraline with Selick credit his experience and artistic vision with bringing the film to life, but others complain privately that he was an exceedingly demanding boss, according »

- Alex Billington

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Director Henry Selick Leaves Laika Studios

7 October 2009 7:54 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Talk about a major free agent.  Henry Selick, the acclaimed director of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is leaving Laika, the studio behind his latest success, “Coraline.”  The move is surprising since Selick’s work had almost single handedly built up Laika’s reputation as a premier producer of animation.  Selick arrived in 2004, right as Nike executive Phil Knight acquired Will Vinton Studios and immediately began to turn around the studios fortunes.  2005 saw the award-winning short “Moongirl” and again this past year saw the critical and commercial success of “Coraline.”  To find out why Selick is moving on, frame by frame, hit the jump.

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Variety, Selick was dissatsfied with his role in the company.  His contract, which just finished, had him cast as the Supervising Director for Feature Film Development.  After “Coraline,” however, Selick wanted another project to work on, a request »

- David Corbin

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Coraline director leaves Laika

6 October 2009 11:17 PM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »

Coraline director Henry Selick has left Laika, the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio. Selick had been employed by Laika for five years and his contract was up this year. His departure leaves a large void in the small studio and a big question mark about who will replace him for Laika's next project, whatever it might be.

When The Oregonian confirmed the news about Selick's departure neither the studio nor the man commented about why the break was made or who made it first. "Making Coraline was one of the great filmmaking experiences of my life," said Selick in a statement that he released earlier today.

Laika owner Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike, offered more commentary about the break-up. "Throughout our five years of collaboration, Henry has been variously my director, my mentor, and my friend. I will miss him and wish him well in his future projects."

The Oregonian reports that, »

- Patrick Sauriol

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Coraline’s Selick Leaves Laika

6 October 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »

It seems odd that when a movie breaks out and does as well as Coraline ($120 million worldwide), that the filmmaker would leave the animation company behind it. But Henry Selick and Portland, Oregon-based Laika have parted ways at the expiration of Selick’s contract as Laika supervising director. Often the same creative drive and energy that makes a movie like Coraline possible—believe me, without Selick it would not be the same … »

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Coraline Director Henry Selick Leaves Laika Studios

6 October 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Talk about a major free agent.  Henry Selick, the acclaimed director of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is leaving Laika, the studio behind his latest success, “Coraline.”  The move is surprising since Selick’s work had almost singlehandedly built up Laika’s reputation as a premier producer of animation.  Selick arrived in 2004, right as Nike executive Phil Knight acquired Will Vinton studios and immediately began to turn around the studios fortunes.  2005 saw the award-winning short “Moongirl” and again this past year saw the critical and commercial success of “Coraline.”  To find out why Selick is moving on, frame by frame, hit the jump.

According to Variety, Selick was dissatsfied with his role in the company.  His contract, which just finished, had him cast as the Supervising Director for Feature Film Development.  After “Coraline,” however, Selick wanted another project to work on, a request that the studio failed to meet.  Considering the »

- David Corbin

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