Every kid has that movie that’s going to scare the crap out of them for the first time. The stop-motion animation studio Laika, which was behind 2009’s fantastic “Coraline” and now this Tim Burton-meets-low-rent monster movie mash-up “Paranorman,” again manages a good first step for scary movie virgins. Norman (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a young kid living in Blithe Hollow who’s a bit of an oddball, ... more >
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Entering the world of “ParaNorman”
One of the best in animation this year
Kodi Smit-McPhee (voice), Tucker Albrizzi (voice) and Anna Kendrick (voice)
Directed by Chris Butler