Stop-action animation looks astonishing in Blu-ray – especially in 3-D – even though much of the storyline happens under the cover of night. Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi describe the ...

“The Boxtrolls” is in many ways a beautiful movie, and yet in other ways it’s not very good at all. As an achievement in stop-motion animation, it’s stunning — seamless and detailed, so perfectly done ...

Last summer, Portland animation house Laika turned heads with a trailer full of same-sex couples materializing and evaporating next to a rosy-cheeked toddler. "Sometimes, there's a mother," the ...

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes in the family event movie THE BOXTROLLS. Starring, in voice performance, Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright (Game of Thrones), and Elle ...

If you're looking for a family-friendly film with a great message, you don't have to look much further than The Boxtrolls, which hit retailers today on Blu-ray and DVD (it's also available via digital ...

To celebrate this week's release of 'The Boxtrolls' on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD and digital we have ten copies of the 3D Blu-ray combo pack to give away to readers, thanks to our friends at Universal ...

Credit is given, right at the beginning of “The Boxtrolls,” that the quaintly old-fashioned, stop-motion animated film is “based on the popular children’s book ‘Here Be Monsters’ by Alan Snow.” Well, ...

Trolls, it seems, are in the midst of a major image makeover. For years, any time you saw a troll in a fantasy movie — the Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings series come to mind — they were ...

Commercials for “The Boxtrolls” make it seem as if the animated movie is adorable and silly and family-friendly. It’s a story about a young boy adopted by bluish, grayish, box-wearing trolls. They ...

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 ...

This week we see the release of The Boxtrolls on Blu-ray and DVD. The film is a stop-motion animation based on the novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow. I got a chance to watch the film last night and ...