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.

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 ...

Four stars. Rated PG. 101 minutes. “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 ...

Even with all that strangeness, Kubo checks in as the most conventional project in Laika’s filmography, a slate of family fare that is consistently top-notch and winningly oddball. It's also the ...

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.

Who: With the voices of Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Directed by Travis Knight III. Rated: PG (for thematic elements, scary ...

For a kid who has just one eye, Kubo sure can see a lot of things. Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson) is the afflicted hero at the center of Laika’s “Kubo and the Two strings”, a stop… ...

Kubo 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.

The new trailer for Kubo and the Two Strings lays out the path of Kubo’s quest as mysterious dark forces take over his home and his mother sends him on a journey to find his father’s lost armor.

Phil Villarreal's novel, Zeta Male, is available at Amazon. TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - A Japanese fable with more folds revealing inner beauty than an intricate origami creation, "Kubo and the Two ...