Perhaps the first film of the year that I am truly anxious to see, the animated Coraline will arrive in theaters next week sporting a prestigious pedigree. The film is based on an original children\u2019s story written by master fantasist Neil Gaiman and is directed by Harry Selick, the animation director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and James And The Giant Peach.<\/p>\n
Some of the previous trailers and television commercials have tried to fill the public in on the film\u2019s basic premise in which a girl discovers that there\u2019s a parallel world just beyond her home that seems like a much better place to live. The key word here being \u201cseems.\u201d The trailer below gives more of a flavor of the film\u2019s tone and only whets the appetite further.<\/p>\n