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 ...

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 ...

The stop-motion animated "Boxtrolls" (which earned an Oscar nomination last week) and the crime drama "The Drop" (which didn't but deserved to) both land on DVD today. They top this week's listing of ...

A spooky surrealism has been the specialty of the Oregon-based animation studio Laika, the Pacific Northwest purveyors of 3-D stop-motion. The self-stylized descendants of the Brothers Grimm and Neil ...

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 ...

BROOKLYN, NY - In his new column "Screen Time," film critic Jesse Hassenger looks at some of the best and most interesting family-friendly titles streaming (for free!) on Tubi. First up: Laika’s "The ...

SEATTLE — Your favorite stop-motion characters have come to Seattle! Featured at the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) is Hidden Worlds: The Films of LAIKA, a new exhibit highlighting the numerous ...

Laika Studios has used all kinds of innovative approaches.