Topic: Henry Selick

Creepy 'Coraline'

0 View Larger Image . Coraline: Musical. Book by David Greenspan, adapted from the novel by Neil Gaiman. Music and lyrics by Stephin Merritt...

Top 5 worst 3D movies

Some may raise their eyebrows at this list. But the point is, for the more specific 3D requirements, these movies aren't really made for the 3D format. Such concern shows with how the quality of these films' 3D versions aren't ...

Movie reviews: Coraline

I went to this movie expecting to have a great experience due to the favorable reviews at rottentomatoes.com. Perhaps Henry Selick remembers his dreams a lot more vividly than the rest of us. Coraline reminded me of an angry german fairy ...
Even with there being ten different nominees for the Best Picture award during this past Sunday's Oscars there were several films that were still missing from the big picture. Greg Mottola is clearly looking to be this generation's John Hughes ...

Coraline DVD 3D

Recently I read a press release where Henry Selick, the director of the movie Coraline, talked about how the 3D will work with the DVDs. In the interview, Selick lamented the lack of "Real DVD" technology available for home use. The 3D ...

Top 5 Animated Features of 2009

The Academy Awards of 2010 will have a field of animated features that may figure at least 16 before the end of 2009. The beautiful part is that I am privileged to review animated films throughout the year and have an enchanting ...

"Up" a favorite in quality Oscar race for animation

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The animation category at this year's Oscars ceremony presents a crowded field of singing frogs, sly foxes and spunky kids, but despite some tough competition, the high-flying adventure movie "There, it's up against Twentieth Century Fox's ...

Animators rewrite filmmaking book

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Writing animated films requires patience, flexibility and an imagination larger than life. "Such constant reworking was nothing new to animation veterans Ron Clements and John Musker, who directed Disney's return to 2D animation with "The Princess and ...

Blu-ray Disc Review: Coraline

Call me crazy, but I couldn't help seeing Coraline as an indictment of capitalism. No slouch of an animator he, director Henry Selick employs the same striking stop-motion process for Coraline that he used for 1993's already-classic The Nightmare Before ...

Coraline not for the kids

The article reviews the animated film, " Coraline," directed by Henry Selick featuring the voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher and Keith David. "Coraline" is the story of a young girl who, dissatisfied in the real world, stumbles across a magical one that ...