Grownups should watch Coraline with the young ones because some kids might be disturbed from what they are about to see. It is based on a novel by Neil Gaiman, which has won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. Dakota Fanning lends her voice to the title role and Teri Hatcher as her mom.

Coraline is a tale of a young girl who has recently moved into an old house and her parents are too busy to even notice her. She spends her day getting to know her weird neighbors and exploring. It was one of those times when she stumbled upon a hidden door that leads to an alternate reality. In this world, she has the full attention of her parents and her weird neighbors were friendlier. Everything’s perfect except the people there had buttons for their eyes.

Cat (Keith David): You probably think this world is a dream come true… but you’re wrong.
It was sort of like Alice in Wonderland, where a girl goes through a hole and discovers a magical, eerie place. Coraline also featured a talking cat. But Coraline’s world is much darker. Thanks to Gaiman’s imagination and its director Henry Selick’s vision. Neil Gaiman fans would not be disappointed with this adaptation.

Coraline is one animated movie that both adults and kids would love. Kids might learn to appreciate their parents more; and for parents to realize that work and getting paid isn’t everything in life. Up might be the favorite but I do hope that Coraline gets the Oscar.

As they were searching for the suitcase, they met Kira (Camilla Belle), a Pusher or someone that can put images in your head.  She’s also Mick’s former girlfriend.  They have to work on personal issues as well as avoid the bad guys from the Division.

It’s refreshing to see a sci-fi movie using Hong Kong as its backdrop.  The special effects are efficient in showing how powerful these extraordinary humans are.  The characters’ powers were well thought off except for the Movers, who I felt were too Magneto-like.  Well, I was thinking that a Pusher can make the Mover commit suicide in an instant but that didn’t happen in this movie.

Another thing I don’t like about Push is how they played out the ending.  It felt like they don’t know how to end it.  Nick knew Kira was just being pushed to think that she’s part of division.  He made her remember who she really was and in the end she pushed Agent Carver (Djimon Hounsou).  Maybe they just ran out of time and had to wrap things up.

Cassie Holmes (Dakota Fanning): There are special people in this world. We don’t ask to be special.  We’re just born this way.

Push managed to keep me entertained.  The action sequences were impressive enough to stop me from thinking how absurdly imbalanced their powers are.  Put the illogical things aside, Push is a decent movie.  But I really hate the ending.