Kubo and the Two Strings is the story of a young boy (voiced by Art Parkinson), snatched away by his mother (Charlize Theron) and hidden from his grandfather, the powerful Moon King (Ray Fiennes).

You see, Kubo's grandfather is the Moon King ... to massive action set pieces, Kubo and the Two Strings showcases things you simply didn't know could be done with stop-motion animation.

“If you must blink, do it now,” the title character demands in the first moments of Kubo and the Two Strings ... the Moon King (Ralph Fiennes), the grandfather who stole his eye, return ...

His grandfather stole something from him ... just a minute or two into the animated fantasy “Kubo and the Two Strings,” you will be hooked — whether you are 8 or 80. Set in ancient Japan ...

“If you must blink, do it now,” begins the voice-over narration of the animated adventure “Kubo and the Two Strings ... it his grandfather, the evil Moon King (Ralph Fiennes), who ...

(But it’s not all Japanese: The “Kubo and the Two Strings” grandfather character’s collar was borrowed from “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”) The cloak of Rooney Mara’s evil spirit ...

"Kubo and the Two Strings" is as innovative as Hayao Miyazaki ... For some reason, his grandfather has cut out his eye. Both mother and son are also able to bring simple paper to life, especially ...

The greatness of Kubo and the Two Strings is convincing the audience to understand that immediately and intuit their way through a narrative that must be experienced to be understood. Director ...

What the ancient-Japan-set Kubo and the Two Strings offers is less Edward Gorey-esque than its predecessors, but often just as dark, or even darker; a callback to the bad old days of gothic fairy ...

While still a baby, Kubo had his left eye plucked out by his maniacal grandfather ... Kubo And The Two Strings looks and sounds thoroughly captivating from its opening shot of a boat journeying ...

In “Kubo and the Two Strings,” a brave, one-eyed Japanese boy is faced with divergent paths to immortality: Either he can surrender his remaining eye to his supernatural grandfather ...