Dreamlike 'Kubo And The Two Strings' Offers A Gorgeous, ... He tells the legend of a great samurai warrior named Hanzo and the evil force that takes many forms in an effort to take him down.

“If you must blink, do it now,” begins the voice-over narration of the animated ad­ven­ture “Kubo and the Two Strings.” “Pay careful attention to everything you see, no matter how ...

Behind the scenes in Portland on Laika's fourth stop-motion feature. Laika’s fascination with folktales gets more sweeping and exotic with the samurai adventure, “Kubo and the Two Strings ...

Beetle (Matthew McConaughey), a samurai with no memory who’s been transformed into a giant insect, joins Kubo and Monkey as they attempt to retrieve three magical pieces of armor.

Laika's stop-motion samurai fantasy has momentum after wowing the Academy VFX bake-off and earning a first-ever Costume Designers Guild nomination for animation. After stealing the show at the ...

Kubo and the Two Strings is all about sacrifice, the importance of memory and carrying on the legacy of your family. It emphasizes that you are not your parents, but a reflection of them.

Disney is, and will always be, the brandname. And for fans of just slightly hipper, sometimes heart-tugging animation, Pixar remains the go-to source for guilty adult cries. But the really ...

This story about “Kubo and the Two Strings” first appeared in The Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine. The idea for “Kubo and the Two Strings” was simple, and it was ...

2016 has been an absolutely amazing year for animated movies. The bar has been raised so high that it's difficult to believe than anybody could clear it. And yet, Kubo and the Two Strings has done ...

Much of the occasional comedy in “Kubo and the Two Strings” is provided by Matthew McConaughey as a samurai warrior who has been turned into a giant, joke-cracking beetle. ‘KUBO AND THE TWO ...