Keyword: parallel world

  • Coraline

    Coraline

    There’s a reason Coraline keeps resurfacing in conversations about the best animation films of its era: it simply refuses to be dated. “Be careful what you wish for.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t oversell it by much. Here’s the hook, in brief: Wandering her rambling old house…

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  • Spirited Away

    Spirited Away

    When Hayao Miyazaki sat down to make “Spirited Away”, the goal was clearly to deliver something that sticks with an audience long after the credits roll. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. The marketing leaned on the line “Beyond the tunnel was a mysterious town.” — and once you are a few…

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