Who in 2016 makes a somber stop-motion animated movie set in Ancient Japan where one of the heroes is a Samurai beetle? “Kubo and the Two Strings” is the latest from Laika, the little ...

Guided by an encouraging Monkey (Charlize Theron) and helped by a samurai Beetle (Matthew McConaughey), Kubo must find the sword, breastplate, and helmet that will help him defeat his grandfather.

As hinted at in the second part of that warning, “Kubo” is both ... by Matthew McConaughey as a samurai warrior who has been turned into a giant, joke-cracking beetle — it is also richly ...

He never knew his samurai dad, who sacrificed himself to save Kubo from his grandfather ... and slightly dimwitted macho warrior Beetle (Matthew McConaughey), who teach him new abilities and ...

Musical storyteller Kubo (Art Parkinson of “Game of Thrones”) goes on a fantastical quest to battle demons from his family’s past, accompanied by Monkey (Charlize Theron) and samurai Beetle ...

and a giant samurai beetle (Matthew McConaughey). Though his quest to save himself seems almost impossible, brave Kubo never gives up as he is chased by his aunts, the Moon King's porcelain-faced ...

As hinted at in the second part of that warning, "Kubo" is both extraordinarily ... McConaughey as a samurai warrior who has been turned into a giant, joke-cracking beetle — it is also richly ...

The bickering interplay between Beetle and Kubo’s monkey protector (Charlize Theron) brighten an often harrowing narrative, though the jokes can feel misplaced tonally, as if they were refugees ...

And everyday he heads to the town square, pulls out his lute and regales citizens with the story of Hanzo, a brave samurai ... (From l.) Beetle, Kubo, and Monkey in “Kubo and the Two Strings.” ...

From there, Kubo shifts into a quest narrative filled with unexpected turns and wild creations. Beetle (Matthew McConaughey), a samurai with no memory who’s been transformed into a giant insect ...

Then he slips into an alternate dimension where he befriends an anthropomorphic samurai beetle (Matthew McConaughey ... With one of Kubo's origami knights in tow, they climb atop giant, moving ...

As hinted at in the second part of that warning, “Kubo” is both ... by Matthew McConaughey as a samurai warrior who has been turned into a giant, joke-cracking beetle — it is also richly ...