Giving animation giants Pixar and Disney another run for their box office money, the Oregon-based LAIKA animation studio has a new contender in “The Boxtrolls.” Two previous LAIKA films, 2012’s ...

The dance sequence — less than 2 minutes of the film — took Laika 18 months to animate By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor When this season’s Annie Award nominations for animation were announced, it was ...

One of the great strengths of animation is the ability to make the scary and unbelievable completely credible. The medium is so inherently pliable that if the right effort and right skill is applied, ...

Do not think outside "The Boxtrolls." Instead, give yourself over to the movie's captivating, inventive, scary-hilarious world. Jump in feet first, just like a Boxtroll entering the sewer system, and ...

Giving two animation giants, Pixar and Disney, another run for their box office money, the Oregon-based LAIKA animation studio has a new contender in “The Boxtrolls.” Two previous LAIKA films, 2012’s ...

Laika animation studio has been crushing the stop-motion game since their 2009 Academy Award-nominated Coraline. They followed up with the equally impressive Paranorman, and now their latest work of ...

“They’ll gnaw your knees!” “They’ll pick their teeth with your bones!” No, the citizens of Cheesebridge are not talking about Ariana Grande fans, they are talking about boxtrolls, creatures who live ...

The Boxtrolls is a kiddie charmer that makes you laugh, cower and think of Hitler. That's an unusual trifecta, but then again, this is an unusual film. If the German Expressionists were skilled at ...

At last night’s Awardsline screening of Focus Features’ The Boxtrolls, directors Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable brought their bag of tricks, err, stop-motion dolls, and revealed to the audience ...

I have to admit it—I'm more partial to children's films than anything else. While I do love watching movies that connect with me as an adult woman, I also like the fun, imagination and humor laced ...

Elle Fanning, Ben Kingsley, Tracy Morgan, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg and Isaac Hempstead-Wright lend their voices to Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi's stop-motion film By Ashley Lee The Boxtrolls, ...