Laika Studios head Travis Knight says of the gay-friendly teaser, "We're just trying to be who we are." By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer “Sometimes there’s a mother,” the narrator intones. “Sometimes ...

"Boxtrolls" is in many ways a beautiful movie, and yet in other ways it's not very good at all. As an achievement in stop-motion animation, it's stunning - seamless and detailed, so perfectly done ...

Creature Teacher: A boy is shocked to learn he was adopted into his green-skinned, cavern-dwelling family in the latest animation from the makers of Coraline. The stop-motion creations of animation ...

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, ...

Stop-action animation looks astonishing in Blu-ray – especially in 3-D – even though much of the storyline happens under the cover of night. Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi describe the ...

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 ...

Commercials for “The Boxtrolls” make it seem as if the animated movie is adorable and silly and family-friendly. It’s a story about a young boy adopted by bluish, grayish, box-wearing trolls. They ...

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 ...

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