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Coraline
February 8, 2010 – 10:47 AM | 49 Comments

Sweet movie, but with both its feet planted on the correct side of the cutesy line.   The expected over-explanation of and/or moralizing about why Coraline wants out of the Other world never materialized; she …

The Vine: July 3, 2009
July 3, 2009 – 2:28 PM | 8 Comments

Hi Sars,
I’ve been wracking my brain for weeks, now, trying to remember this book I read when I was a little kid. I’m really at an impasse, as my memory of it is pretty patchy, …