Laika, the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio, has some very big plans for its 20th anniversary, including new movies ...

'ParaNorman' review: brilliant craft and impish wit make for a charming horror tale. Updated: Aug. 16, 2012, 9:00 p.m. ... So few movies are pitched appropriately at kids ...

Last year, “Coraline,” the first feature from Hillsboro’s Laika studio, drew audiences when it returned to movie theaters for a limited engagement. Now, “ParaNorman,” the second stop ...

LAIKA’s “ParaNorman” is returning from the great beyond. The 2012 feature, directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler (who also wrote the screenplay), will have a one-week theatrical run this ...

With its autumnal color palette and crisp cinematography, ParaNorman is one of the year's best-looking movies. Even the film's 3D is put to good use, and is employed more for atmospheric effect ...

ParaNorman features ghosts, witches, and zombies, which are generally far more likely these days to be found in R-rated splatterfests (a fact that the movie proudly acknowledges with winking ...

The Goonies, Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Poltergeist -- ParaNorman screenwriter and co-director Chris Butler was inspired by some of our favorite '80s movies as he worked on the stop-motion film about ...

ParaNorman is reminiscent of Monster Squad, with its band of cliched characters fighting monsters with crude humor. There’s certainly a lot of inspiration taken from movies like The Goonies as well.