A villainous troll catcher sets out to eradicate the underclass and join the cheese-eating elite in the latest from the animation house behind 'Coraline' and 'ParaNorman' By David Rooney Chief Film ...

The Boxtrolls is a 2014 fantasy drama directed by Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable. The movie is based on the novel, Here Be Monsters! written by Alan Snow. Wondering where to watch it? Here’s how ...

Adults are monsters and cute underground beasts are the good guys in the animated The Boxtrolls. Once you get past Kiddie Fare 101, though, the latest stop-motion effort (*** out of four; rated PG; ...

Laika animation studio has been crushing the stop-motion game since their 2009 Academy Award-nominated Coraline. They followed up with the equally impressive Paranorman, and now their latest work of ...

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 ...

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“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 ...

The dance sequence — less than 2 minutes of the film — took Laika 18 months to animate By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor When this season’s Annie Award nominations for animation were announced, it was ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...