One of the world's top animation studios. Laika, has decided to get involved in live-action films in an effort to improve profitability.

Hooboy! After all this talk of scary, gory movies these past few weeks, I will admit that I’m slightly agitated. I am not a horror movie fan at the best of times, so theming the Midweek Movie Mouth-Off around them has been quite nerve-wracking for me! So, let’s take a break and talk about the best movies the scaredy-cats can …

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 …

Four new films open in South Africa today, and half of them seem to be Halloween leftovers. Paranorman: If Hotel Transylvania and Frankenweenie didn’t satisfy your craving for macabre animated comedy, well here’s one more for you! From the animation studio behind Coraline, Paranorman is the stop-motion tale of a young loner whose ability to communicate with the dead comes …

It may be a day late, but that just means that more moolah circulated through Hollywood, this past American non-public holiday long weekend! Four new films debuted, including cop drama End of Watch, the future lawman Dredd arrived on scene and was joined by Trouble with the curve and a House at the end of the street. Who came out …

It was another quiet week at the North American box office this past weekend, despite the debut of fish and zombies in 3D. Resident Evil Retribution and a re-release of Finding Nemo took the top spots over that week, but which one was at number one? Last Updated: September 17, 2012

It was the best of time, it was the blurst of times, an – Wait, what? Stupid monkey, your typing is as bad as the recent profits from the past weekend at the box office! Last Updated: September 10, 2012

It was a quiet weekend for the Western box office, as the Americans preferred to use their Labour Day weekend for other pursuits. New arrivals saw Shia LaBeouf grab a Tommy Gun and get to work in a Depression Era America, while audiences flocked to see some spooky action in The Possession. But which one came out on top? Last …