How ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Combines Origami, Digital Effects and a 16-Foot Puppet Director Travis Knight calls Laika Entertainment's ambitious new animated movie a "miniature David Lean film." ...

With dark bangs draped over an eyepatch, a stack of colorful origami paper, and a two-stringed, lute-like instrument called a shamisen strapped to his back, young Kubo heads into a seaside village ...

“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 ...

Kubo and the Two Strings is a magical tale that inspires and entertains, and it transcends its own medium while doing so. This is why we go to the movies.

The first and last things to be said in this limited space about “Kubo and the Two Strings” are that it’s a showcase for some of the most startlingly beautiful animation in recent—and not ...

A visual treat from beginning to end, ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ is the best feature yet to come out of celebrated stop-motion studio Laika.

But Kubo and the Two Strings is distinguished first with tweaks on old themes and the introduction of new ones, and then with personality derived from its choice in setting.

The opening scene in Kubo and the Two Strings – in which a woman faces off against a mounting wall of water in the roaring ocean – promises a beautiful film to come. And Travis Knight's movie ...

In summary, Kubo and the Two Strings is an astounding technical achievement and a mesmerizing tale. If you must blink, do it now, because you won't want to miss a second of what you see on screen.

Early in "Kubo and the Two Strings," our hero meekly strides into an ancient Japanese village marketplace the way Toshiro Mifune might have entered a Kurosawa film, but with greater bustle.

With dark bangs draped over an eyepatch, a stack of colorful origami paper, and a two-stringed, lute-like instrument called a shamisen strapped to his back, young Kubo heads into a seaside village to ...

Kubo, for his part, is an expert storyteller, spinning yarns in the courtyard of his village as the film opens, using origami figures that come to captivating life in a knockout sequence of animation.