” a work of stop-motion animation, “ParaNorman” is at least as much about its texture as its story. Butler, Fell and company have built a comically grotesque world of pear-shaped dads ...

Stop-motion animation is one of the most resilient techniques in the history of movies, having initially proven its appeal at the turn of the 19th century and soldiered on through the onslaught of ...

Norman, voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee, is seen here in the 3D stop-motion film, "ParaNorman." AP Photo/Focus Features (CBS News) The 3-D stop-motion comedy thriller, "ParaNorman," hits theaters today ...

A visit to Laika Studios in Portland, Oregon where co-directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell talk about their new stop-motion animated film "ParaNorman" and we see the wonders of a 3D printer at work ...

Our movie critic Robert Burleson takes on this stop-motion animation film, from the makers of Coraline. Posted 2012-08-20T18:55:41+00:00 - Updated 2012-08-22T15:32:01+00:00 ParaNorman ...

Laika’s “ParaNorman” not only outpaced its two stop-motion rivals, “Frankenweenie” and “The Pirates! Band of Misfits,” at the box office with a respectable $55.8 million, but it also ...

Now, “ParaNorman,” the second stop-motion animated film from Laika, is following in the footsteps of “Coraline” and will return to theaters later this year.

Here film journalist Rendy Jones sings the praises of the 2012 stop-motion animated adventure comedy "ParaNorman," which marks its 10-year anniversary this month, and is currently streaming for ...

Stop-motion animation more often lends itself to darker and more oddball stories than CGI animation, and 2012's ParaNorman is a perfect example. The horror-comedy, directed by Sam Fell and Chris ...