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“Coraline,” the first stop-motion animated film to be conceived and shot in 3-D, is visually dazzling, as you’d expect — but strangely joyless. Henry Selick previously directed “The Nightmare Before ...

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Just in time for Halloween, “Coraline” is back (once again!) in theaters, but now remastered with some sound and color adjustments and 3D effects. After a great summer in the box office following its ...