Monday morning, the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 42nd Annual Annie Awards, recognizing the year”s best in the field of animation. Leading ...

With just two features under its belt—Coraline and ParaNorman—stop-motion animation studio Laika has not only reinvigorated a retro filmmaking technique, but established a bold new trajectory for ...

While there are currently no wholly animated films in the top ten of the U.S. box office, Laika’s The Boxtrolls began its foreign rollout across eight territories last weekend. In Mexico, Boxtrolls ...

“Big Hero 6,” “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” “The Lego Movie,” “Cheatin’,” “Song of the Sea,” “The Book of Life,” “The Boxtrolls” and “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” have been nominated for the top ...

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 ...

Oregon-based Laika is heading into awards season with the stop-motion “The Boxtrolls.” Having earned Oscar nominations for its first two efforts, “Coraline” (2009) and “ParaNorman” (2012), the studio ...

Critic%27s review%3A 2 stars The lack of a coherent story is a major problem. The visuals are intriguing%2C but there isn%27t enough charm. That%27s surprising%2C ...

Moviegoers will get to see a bit of Spokane magic when “The Boxtrolls” opens Friday. That’s because Spokane native Clair Monaghan created the costumes for many of the puppets featured in the ...

The 3D stop-motion animated The Boxtrolls from Focus Features opens wide at the box office Friday, and looks set to take over the family market from Dolphin Tale 2. Laika, the Animation outfit based ...

A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator. Based on the children's novel 'Here Be Monsters' by Alan Snow. The ...

Oregon-based Laika is heading into awards season with the stop-motion “The Boxtrolls.” Having earned Oscar nominations for its first two efforts, “Coraline” (2009) and “ParaNorman” (2012), the studio ...

Oregon-based Laika is heading into awards season with the stop-motion “The Boxtrolls.” Having earned Oscar nominations for its first two efforts, “Coraline” (2009) and “ParaNorman” (2012), the studio ...