Tag: laika

Some 15 years ago, Coraline graced our movie screens. Last weekend, it returned in a new, remastered 3D edition, via LAIKA and Fathom Events, and surprise! The animated film made $9.6 million at the box office in the U.S., good...

In ancient Japan, strange things are afoot. Magic, both good and bad, is coming to a head as a particularly animated supernatural dysfunctional family prepares for their grand showdown. Of course, “good” and “bad” are in the eye of the...

Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls lead animator Travis Knight graduates up to the director's chair on Kubo And The Two String, the latest from stop motion animation house Laika. And, true to typical Laika form, it looks absolutely gorgeous. Clever,...

In a world where Pixar have stumbled somewhat in their last few outings and Aardman have never managed to replicate their small screen success on the big screen, is it fair to say that stop motion animation house Laika have...

If you've seen and loved ParaNorman and Coraline, then you know why The Boxtrolls has me so jazzed. All three are from LAIKA, the Oregon-based animation studio that prides itself on "handmade" films, and has produced very stylish, very distinctive,...

Animation house Laika Inc. continue to evolve their sense of animated gothic-horror storytelling trending towards towards cuteness. The company started out with perhaps the scariest childrens film made in the past decade with Coraline and then continued handsomely with the...

Laika and Focus Features, the studios that brought animated standouts Coraline and ParaNorman into being, are at it again. This time they are teaming up to adapt Here Be Monsters!, a young readers fantasy novel written and illustrated by Alan Snow,...