Escaping Doppelgangers: "Coraline" Serves Up Adventure in a Parallel World
This delightfully odd horror movie presents a whimsically strange alternate reality to younger audiences.

Nurse Anke Bender reacts decisively to inappropriate behavior. After a patient gropes her, she slaps him. Unfortunately, the patient turns out to be none other than Hamburg’s health senator, who dies the very next day following an incorrectly administered IV. To avoid arrest, Anke impulsively flees in an ambulance—unaware that the injured pianist Luise Dobertin is inside.
This delightfully odd horror movie presents a whimsically strange alternate reality to younger audiences.
A trouble-making teenager spends the summer working at a Southern California beach learning about responsibility.
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Overall, Cruella stands above the other Disney retellings. Its dark and bold, and that is exactly what these retellings should be. Emma Stone continues to prove she's one of the finest young actresses working today, and Emma Thompson gives one of the best villain performances in the last decade. The fashion is stunning, the dogs are adorable, and the story is wildly vibrant and original. It's classic movie fun, and it shouldn't be overlooked.
Diana’s spirit has taken off, ‘No right, no wrong, no rules for me.’ And in that moment, as she runs on the screen, she gets it, her ‘Let It Go’ moment.
... La huesera haunts her daily life, leaving people to question her viability as a mother, and Valeria’s lack of satisfaction with her life leave her asking similar questions. These misgivings reach their peak after the baby is born, when Valeria, visibly in a state akin to possession, locks her in the fridge when she won’t stop crying through the night