Within it, there is a lone queer. That film is ParaNorman, and the character is Mitch (Casey Affleck). ParaNorman tells the tale of Norman (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who can see dead people. He’s an ...

ParaNorman doesn’t use Mitch’s sexuality—or his same-sex partner—as a crutch to tell us what we need to know about him, it just lets us get to know him as a (fictional, animated ...

"Coraline" — get the app "ParaNorman" took a big swing with its message of acceptance — but the real home run was made with the character Mitch. In a time when many were begging Disney to make ...

“ParaNorman” — about a bullied middle-schooler ... comic-book-stuffed backpack; the crazily fit body of Mitch (Casey Affleck); and the garish pink get-up worn by Norman’s self-involved ...

hunky Mitch (Casey Affleck); and chubby Neil (Tucker Albrizzi). But "ParaNorman" also becomes something close to an actual horror movie. Its central mystery involves a centuries-old killing with ...

Mitch (Casey Affleck), the jock ... In stop-motion features like “ParaNorman,” animators work with puppets that have metal joints, manipulating them frame by frame — 24 movements for ...

"ParaNorman," based on an original script by co-director Chris Butler , is the story of Norman Babcock, a small town boy who’s ostracized by everyone, including his family, because he claims ...

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Paranorman opens with B-movie, late night horror-styled title cards. A girl runs from a zombie in a haunted house. Fake film grain and intentionally bad acting set the scene.

In fact, ParaNorman evokes that wonderful ... Neil’s bodacious older brother Mitch (Casey Affleck), and Alvin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), the school bully who break dances, refers to himself ...

In fact, ParaNorman evokes that wonderful ... Neil’s bodacious older brother Mitch (Casey Affleck), and Alvin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), the school bully who break dances, refers to himself ...