Some 15 years ago, Coraline graced our movie screens. Last weekend, it returned in a new, remastered 3D edition, via Laika and Fathom Events, and surprise! The animated film made $9.6 million at the box office in the U.S., good enough to place #5 in the weekend charts, and, more importantly, good enough for Fathom Events to extend its limited run, planned for just five days, instead through August 29. Why is this reason to celebrate? I'll answer that by republishing my original review, first published in February 2009, below: ----- Happily and firmly planted in middle-aged bachelorhood with no children of my own, I'm the last person you should trust when it comes to recommending movies for kids, but I wish Coraline was the...

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