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Neil Gaiman tells L.A. fan: 'Trust your dreams, your heart and your story'
The Hero ComplexAlicia Lozano makes her return to the Hero Complex with coverage of a packed-house event at UCLA's Royce Hall. Neil Gaiman had a rough year. His father died while the 49-year-old author was working on a screenplay of his 2005...... -
'Inglourious Basterds' leads with most Gold Derby Award nominations
Gold Derby"Inglourious Basterds" leads with the most nominations (12) for Gold Derby Film Awards, which are determined by posters in our forums. "The Hurt Locker" follows with nine, and "Avatar" and "Up in the Air" have eight. Winners will be announced March 6 (the... -
'Avatar' stirs an animated actors debate in Hollywood
The Hero ComplexLast month, Morgan Freeman was part of an Oscars roundtable hosted by Newsweek and bristled a bit about the intensifying use of performance-capture work in filmmaking and the purest nature of acting. "I think it's a bit faddish, because it's...... -
'Avatar ' wins sound editors' awards
Gold DerbyThe Motion Picture Sound Editors have decreed their award winners, which usually foretell the equivalent Oscar champs. Considering its two guild victories, "Avatar" now seems like a good bet to win the academy's kudo for best sound editing, maybe mixing... -
Review: 'Coraline'
Film CriticThe third dimension comes of age with "Coraline." The first contemporary film in which the 3-D experience feels intrinsic to the story instead of a Godforsaken gimmick, "Coraline" is a remarkable feat of imagination, a magical tale with a genuinely...Tags: Jennifer Saunders, The Nightmare Before Christmas (movie), Entertainment, Movies, Keith David
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Even for Neil Gaiman, 'The Sandman' is a singular dream
Even in casual conversation, British author Neil Gaiman sometimes sounds as if he's narrating some dark fairy tale -- his sentences slither across old stone floors or flit on gossamer wings. He also happens to live in a rambling Minnesota manse that...Tags: Fantasy (genre), The Nightmare Before Christmas (movie), Charles Addams, Tori Amos, The Sopranos (tv program)
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VOD Spotlight: “ParaNorman” a rollicking, ghostly adventure
Channel Guide MagazineWhy can’t we all just get along? Well, for one reason, if we could, we wouldn’t have movies like ParaNorman to watch. It’s a story of a person labeled as “different” who makes a difference in his community. And as good and... -
'ParaNorman' poses a parental challenge
As someone who does not have kids, I can attest to the fact that parents of small children love being told what they are doing wrong by the childless. Whenever I offer advice, parents smile so broadly! And listen so closely! Occasionally, blinded by...
Tags: Philosophy, Health and Medical Professionals, Brave (movie), Entertainment, ParaNorman (movie)
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'ParaNorman'
The young title character in this stop-motion animation fantasy (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) shares a trait with Haley Joel Osment's alter ego in "The Sixth Sense," summed up by the sentence, "I see dead people." While that can mean comforting reunions,...
Tags: DVDs, Entertainment, Elaine Stritch, Haley Joel Osment, ParaNorman (movie)
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Don't possess this box
Lawless If you're looking for moonshine, the place to start is in the foothills of south central and southwest Virginia. As the new movie Lawless makes clear, 'shine was never a passing fancy among the folk there. It's a tradition that goes back...Tags: Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, PG-13 Rated Movies, Witnesses
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'ParaNorman' review: The best animated movie since 'Toy Story 3'
***1/2 (out of four) Eleven-year-old Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) did not ask for the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Why would he? This young horror film fan surely would have seen “The Sixth Sense” and known that Haley...
Tags: Jeff Garlin, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Anna Kendrick, Toy Story 3 (movie)
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'ParaNorman' is another boy with ghost trouble ★★★
Here's the historical designation of the new animated film "ParaNorman": It's the third feature made in the painstaking stop-motion process — consciously unrealistic, herky-jerky and rough-hewn, in the George Pal "Puppetoons" or Tim Burton "Corpse...
Tags: Animation (genre), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (movie), Tim Burton, The Nightmare Before Christmas (movie), PG Rated Movies
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