We tried to see Coraline this weekend, a movie that is advertised all over the place, that is adapted from a book by Neil Gaiman, an author we read favorably, that is directed by the guy who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas (which was not Tim Burton, btw), that was loved by The Stranger's Paul Constant, who gives the impression of being hard to please in this regard, that--if the previous weren't enough--was produced by an animation studio based right here in the Pacific Northwest, and we failed to see said movie because it's currently playing on exactly one screen in all of Seattle and tickets were sold out Saturday night. One screen? Seriously...(we're not sure who to direct this towards)...Entertainment-Industrial Complex? One screen in all of Seattle? We were forced to see The Wrestler which was great and we probably wouldn't have seen it otherwise, but still...we were in a Coraline mood. more ›