The greatness of Kubo and the Two Strings is convincing the audience ... to the dark beauty that's been the house style since Coraline, but it's more emotionally expansive, too.

Kubo and the Two Strings is the latest stop motion masterpiece from Oregon’s Laika Entertainment Studios (ParaNorman, Coraline, Corpse Bride). Laika has, in recent years, positioned themselves ...

Directed with real charm and elegance by Travis Knight, Kubo And The Two Strings looks and sounds ... those characters with button eyes in Coraline still make us shudder – but Kubo may just ...

Focus Features is releasing Laika’s Kubo and the Two Strings into theaters everywhere ... The company, which burst onto the scene in 2009 with Coraline, is known for their meticulously animated ...

“If you must blink, do it now,” the title character demands in the first moments of Kubo and the Two Strings ... from Laika — the studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Boxtrolls ...

“If you must blink, do it now,” begins the voice-over narration of the animated adventure “Kubo and the Two Strings ... Award-nominated eye-poppers “Coraline,” “ParaNorman ...

There’s also a Coraline-like scavenger hunt for relics ... There is beauty and goodness in Kubo and the Two Strings — not unmixed or uncomplicated, but rare and worth savoring.

The boutique stop-motion animation studio Laika has released only three full-length movies — Coraline ... What the ancient-Japan-set Kubo and the Two Strings offers is less Edward Gorey-esque ...

This story about “Kubo and the Two Strings” first appeared in The ... animation studio that has scored Oscar nominations for “Coraline,” “ParaNorman” and “The Boxtrolls.” ...

From the studio that created ParaNorman, Coraline, and The Boxtrolls comes Laika’s newest film and sweeping 3-D epic, Kubo and the Two Strings. It’s not just the story that’s big either ...

From seeing dozens of origami birds flying through the air at once, each moving independently, to massive action set pieces, Kubo and the Two Strings showcases things you simply didn't know could ...