I encourage you to watch this trailer for KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS! Plus new look behind-the-scenes!
Laika's latest stop-motion animated movie, Kubo and the Two Strings, still looks damn good
Laika's latest stop-motion animated movie, Kubo and the Two Strings, still looks damn good
I loved the first trailer that we saw of Kubo and the Two Strings. It was deep, showed the potential for a great story and had an awesome soundtrack. I’ve got mixed feelings about some of Laika’s previous animation movies (Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls), but after seeing this new trailer – I am convinced that this one is going to …
2015 was not the best of years for animated films. Inside Out was very good and a money maker, but most of the animated movies failed to live up to hype with only Minions also really being a financial success. That’s largely because most of these films are all competing for the same market and with more strong players in …
There are plenty of animated flicks around the corner, but one such film that has my attention has to be The Boxtrolls. It’s got all the charm of stop-motion animation, and the quality looks absolutely superb. There’s a lot of work that goes into animating those little trolls however, as studio Laika will tell you. See for yourself. Last Updated: …
Laika may not be a name as well known as Pixar/Disney or Dreamworks, but over the last couple years, they produced Coraline and Paranorman, two of my favourite animated movies. And by animated, I mean by by hand, as they prefer to use stop-motion instead of CGI because that’s just how they roll. Their latest effort, The Boxtrolls, seems to be following their previous trend …
First there were the vacationing monsters of Hotel Transylvania. Then there were resurrected pets in Frankenweenie. And now, rounding out 2012’s trio of horror-themed animated comedies, there’s ParaNorman, with its witch curses, zombies and weird kids who see dead people. Of the three, Frankenweenie remains the sweetest and most consistently satisfying, but it’s similarly stop-motion ParaNorman that tops in terms …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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