Coraline

400 Screens, 400 Blows is a weekly column that takes an in-depth look at the films playing below the radar, beneath the top ten, and on 400 screens or less.
Of the 100 or so new movies I've seen so far in 2009, only two of them have been great, and both of those have been animated. The first was Henry Selick's Coraline (111 screens), about which you've no doubt heard. The second one has been quietly playing on a few screens around the country and it opens this week at the Red Vic Movie House in San Francisco. Oddly, if you go to the film's official website, you'll find that it's also available for free streaming or download, and you can request that your local PBS station broadcast it. You can also order DVDs -- when they're finished. The film is not in 3D, it's not CGI-animated, and it has no fart jokes. It's
Jeffrey M. Anderson

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J. J. Abrams' "Star Trek" ruled the international box office this weekend with an estimated $35.5 million in 54 markets. The reboot of the popular sci-fi franchise is currently No. 1 worldwide.
Dropping to second place was Gavin Hood's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which took home another $29.7 million in 102 territories. The action blockbuster's overseas total currently stands at $123.7 million.
Meanwhile, "Hannah Montana: The Movie" collected $7.8 million in third place. Starring Miley Cyrus, the teen flick about a girl who leads a double life as a pop star lifted its total gross to $19.7 million.
At No. 4, "Coraline" pulled $4.9 million after opening in nine markets. The total international gross of Henry Selick's stop-motion 3D adventure now stands at $15.2 million.
Franck Tabouring

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Coraline director Henry Selick has said that Teri Hatcher found it 'difficult to be mean' when voicing the animated film. Selick told Digital Spy that the Desperate Housewives star found some aspects of her stop-motion character more challenging than others. "Teri's fantastic. She has a lot of range. The main thing with Teri was that it was difficult for her to be mean, because she has a great daughter and could never be that way to her own daughter," Selick explained. The filmmaker, who has also directed The Nightmare
By Simon Reynolds

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