Some of you know that I am an avid reader of most things Neil Gaiman writes.
One of his books, the disturbingly scary and brilliant children’s (-ish) book Coraline has been made into a movie that will be released in the spring.
The movie was adapted and directed by Henry Selick, who also did The Nightmare Before Christmas. You can check out the movie’s website with a featurette and other fun things.
Now, one of the characters — a Russian gymnast and mouse trainer called Sergi Alexander Bobinsky, or Mr. B. for short, who lives upstairs from Coraline — has his own blog. Read the book first. Then read the blog. Rather fantastically funny.
P.S. Do NOT try his Best Beet Smoothie recipe, though.
P.P.S. Yes, I know he’s supposed to be Russian. But he’s fictional, so it’s ok.
Thanks for the warning, but any recipe that has the word “beet” in the title would never make it on my must-try list, anyway. Happy Holidays!
Coraline looks pretty good; it’s amazing how many big name actors they get for these animated flicks
I’m happy that my family member has given you such joy! Seriously, my real name is Robert Bobinsky, and it was quite the shock to see my name, spelled correctly mind you, as a lead character in a major motion picture!! I’m looking forward to seeing this movie…
In the book, Mr B’s name is “Mr Bobo”, which was one of my nicknames growing up. Hmmmm…I wonder if Tim Burton is having me followed…???
We just saw the movie over the weekend. I’ll look forward to finally checking out this blog and hopefully getting some of it.