The 2014 stop-motion animated film, The Boxtrolls, may be the least talked-about film by popular animation studio, Laika. While they’ve never been a studio that brought in large numbers or turned a giant profit, they certainly impacted people through their… Continue reading "The Boxtrolls"
Kubo and the Two Strings was home to a lot of great advertising, a promising premise connecting back to a old-fashion form of storytelling with a samurai template featuring elements like prophecy, epic tales and mystical powers, and was being… Continue reading "Kubo and the Two Strings"
The stop-motion animation company, Laika, had already proven their unique spin on kid’s entertainment on the world with their creative bizarrely and genuinely disturbing 2009 film, Coraline, so it would be interesting to see how their next project would fare… Continue reading "ParaNorman"
The animation company, Laika has provided the world with various films that feature both a child-centred wonder, but also a dark overtone to their stories and atmosphere which has resulted in wildly creative and unique kids’ films with an adult… Continue reading "Coraline"
Originality in film and modern media needs to be given attention when it pops up, because there is still a risk of new ideas becoming less relevant and profitable against easily repeatable formulas that people may claim to despise but… Continue reading "Corpse Bride"
