The stunning, oddly soulless film of Neil Gaiman’s 'Coraline.' Plus, Liam Neeson, awesome butt-kicker.

3-D melds with stop-motion to create a fantastical, magical world.

Henry Selick’s adapted from Neil Gaiman’s book about a young girl who finds new parents with buttons for eyes is a nifty stop-motion animation

Nobody enjoys going to the eye doctor, especially a kid. Coraline is a horror movie in disguise. It pulls children in with vibrant colors and entrancing animation like a mother bribing her son or daug

When an 11-year-old finds a portal to an alternate universe, her dull life gets a lot more animated. But things aren't what they seem — and Coraline must rely on her wits to escape.

Among Coraline’s many triumphs is its employment of 3-D as an immersive technique that doesn’t bring the action to you (via gimmicky shots of stuff leaping out at the audience) but, rather, invites you inside the action’s cinematic space. The...

Henry Selick has a particular sensibility and, when choosing material for his movies, he seeks stories that fit into the slightly twisted, quasi-fairy tale realm where he feels comfortable working. Thus, in the past, he has collaborated with Tim ...

“Katyń,” “Coraline,” and “The International.”