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Artist Jon Klassen creates friendly but dark drawings and stories about imperiled ships, interesting animals, and castles. He was a concept designer for the movie Coraline, too. See more of his diverting work on his website. More »
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While we're ecstatic that Avatar's loathsome original song didn't warble it's way into an Oscar nomination, those blue aliens and a few others did squeeze out a few of our favorites. Here's a list of the biggest genre snubs. More »
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Hollywood has finally revealed the massive new list of Academy Award nominations — and a few other awards for "excellence" — this week. You'll never guess which nominations Land of The Lost and Transformers 2 snagged. More »
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Yeah, according to leading Oscar soothsayers and prognosticators, James Cameron's Avatar has slid into the pole position. Is it worthy? Worthier than these three other genre flicks that should get the nod instead? More »
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This was a year of extremes: huge CG-heavy spectacles and low-budget gems. Most of all, 2009 made us feel the boundaries of cinema were stretched... for good and ill. Here are the 10 best and 10 worst films of 2009. More »
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As you're sitting down with your family for Thanksgiving dinner and trying not to say anything to piss off your uncle, just be grateful there are no vengeful ghosts or evil aliens crashing the party. Allow us to demonstrate. More »
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Coraline still is one of the spookiest movies to come out this year, and nothing proves it more than this eerie concept art, with a bouncing ghost mobile. Check out the many warped faces of Neil Gaiman's Other Mother. More »
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The term "Stitchpunk" has quickly been attached to Shane Acker's astounding debut film, 9. But where did it originate? Should we take this new genre seriously? We take a look at Acker's influences and attempt to define the Stitchpunk genre. More »
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Bringing Coraline and her world to life took more than a few puppet heads. The crew on Coraline followed a detailed cataloging system to bring even the smallest puppet facial tick to life. Watch Coraline's DVD extras reavealing the process. More »
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You've read the book, enjoyed the graphic novel and loved the movie. But can you really call yourself a true Coraline fan without going to see the musical... especially considering the 56-year-old child star? More »
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Hopefully by now, you've checked out the gorgeous stop-motion film Coraline. And now, a new collection of Coraline concept art sheds some light on how these characters came into 3D life. More »
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The stop-motion animated Coraline scored big at the box office, raking in $16.3 million. But other genre entries, Push and Fanboys, lost out to Paul Blart, Mall Cop and He's Just Not That Into You. More »
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A fairy-tale nightmare hand-made to frighten in 3D. From the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and based on the award-winning children's book by Neil Gaiman. In theatres Tonight! More »
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It's been way too long since we've seen an elegantly frightening story that makes us widen our eyes with both horror and wonder. But the newly released Coraline is bringing childlike fear back. More »
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Coraline director Henry Selick shared with us all the details of creating his eerie masterpiece, from half-naked puppet drama to recreating a stop motion rain storm in the new movie adapted from Neil Gaiman's novel. More »
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Director Henry Selick is a huge reason why Neil Gaiman's Coraline is so gorgeously spooky. While promoting Coraline, he gave us some details about his next project, a zombie stop motion feature called Paranorman. More »
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Magic man Neil Gaiman takes time to reassure you that buttons aren't scary — except when people take needles and sew them into your eyes, in the new Coraline trailer. New phobia, here I come. More »
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Take a peek inside Coraline's stop motion world, comprised of dancing mice, flowers with child-like voices, and button eyes. Three new trailers give you a way better look at the many wonders in Coraline. More »
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A monster from Big Man Japan is giving us the old eye-testicle wink, and we're lovin' it. The LA Times has a spread of new movie pics out, and we've picked the best. More »
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Coraline is opening the doors to her home, where you can dance with mice, download gorgeous wallpapers, make your own starry sweater and buttonize yourself with the cast of Neil Gaiman's stop-motion movie. More »
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The trailer for Neil Gaiman's Coraline is out, and it manages to combine stark beauty with some of the darkness of Gaiman's original novel. We've already seen how they created the movie's amazing-looking puppets, and now we can see what happens when those hand-crafted marvels are put together. The story follows a girl's journey into a parallel universe, but in order for her to stay some serious sacrifices need to be made in the eye-versus-button department. More »
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Neil Gaiman's movie adaptation of novel Coraline, about a young girl who finds a parallel universe inside her own home, has an amazing behind-the-scenes story. In these clips, you'll discover how the crafty designers used stop motion to create a beautiful orchard filled with cherry blossoms made of popcorn. You'll also find out how 5 miles of thread created one 5-inch-tall character. Director Henry Selick embroidered his button-eyed parallel world with insane detail. He even hired an artist to hand knit the characters' itty bitty sweaters. Coraline will be released on theaters on February 6. More »
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Neil Gaiman’s had his hand in a lot of Hollywood pots of late. Last year, he co-wrote the screenplay for Beowulf and saw his book Stardust make it to the big screen. But perhaps his most promising film project to date is dark fairytale Coraline, currently getting the stop-motion treatment courtesy of Henry Selick, who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas. Five new featurettes give us a glimpse of how Selick is bringing Gaiman’s vision to three-dimensional life. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5085066&view=rss&microfeed=true There's a sneak peek of the stop-motion animated movie of Neil Gaiman's cute-goth comic Coraline out today, and it's delightfully freaky. Title character Coraline explores her new home and finds a portal that leads into another dimension, with bizarro versions of her mom and dad inside. Of course, she has to battle the baddies in order to get things back to normal. More »
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