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August 17, 2012

Movie preview: "ParaNorman”

Rated: PG for scary action and images, thematic elements, some rude humor and language

Running time: 1 hr 36 min

Starring: Voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Casey Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Plot: In this stop-motion-animated comedy thriller, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call upon for help? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse.

 

 

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