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, ...

Trolls, it seems, are in the midst of a major image makeover. For years, any time you saw a troll in a fantasy movie — the Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings series come to mind — they were ...

While the bulk of modern cinematic animation lives inside computers, with Pixar-style CG characters dominating the box-office, Laika has carved out its own creative space, with advanced stop-motion ...

The Boxtrolls is the latest movie from stop motion animation studio Laika, previously responsible for the award-winning Coraline and ParaNorman. Adapted from the novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow, ...

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 ...

There's a strange, special kind of magic at work in "The Boxtrolls." The latest gleefully Gothic offering from the stop-motion wizards at Laika Entertainment could have easily been sunk by its ...

At the heart of “The Boxtrolls” is a message about the importance of stepping outside your comfort zone. It’s a theme that animator and Emmaus native Matthew Beightol took to heart when he left a ...

Though it has some story issues, Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi's The Boxtrolls is a technical marvel, a traditional stop-motion animation film that uses modern technology to augment the original ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. Focus Features has released a new full-length ...

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 ...

LAIKA‘s latest stop-motion project “The Boxtrolls” hits theaters this weekend and Indiewire’s managing editor Nigel Smith spoke with the directors to discuss “The Making Of.” Graham Annable and ...

“The Boxtrolls” is the latest production from Laika, the company that made the films “Coraline” and “ParaNorman,” which were both nominated for the Academy Award for best animated feature. Again using ...