Oscars Week Series: ANIMATED FEATURE REVIEWS

Welcome to our special OSCAR WEEK SERIES of reviews. This series will go through the seven categories in which an award is given based on the entire film (rather than any one constituent element). This sixth review in the series will go through the ANIMATED FEATURE FILM nominees.

TOP 10 FILMS OF 2016

2016 was filled with so many great films, too many to list here unfortunately. So all of us here at Merc With A Movie Blog got together to pick our Top 10 of last year.  Some you may agree with, others you may not, but that's the great thing about film, it's all subjective.  So, without any further ado, here's our list of the Top 10 Films of 2016! Enjoy!

Movie Review: KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

Kubo (Art Parkinson), a young, one-eyed boy living in a small village in a fairy-tale-like Asian land, embarks on a journey with Monkey (Charlize Theron) and Beetle (Matthew McConaughey) to find an ancient sword, helmet and armor in order to defeat his aunts and grandfather who have become cold evil spirits, seeking Kubo's second eye and who Kubo's mother turned against in the past.

Having in the past not thoroughly enjoyed Laika's past efforts like ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls (for story reasons), Kubo and the Two Strings comes in as a definite improvement on them, with a far more touching narrative which adds a brilliant tribute to Asian cinema, even though some of the story problems I had in the past still emerge from this animated beauty.

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: New Horror Film 'Don't Breathe' Scares Up A Win At The Box Office, While 'Mechanic: Resurrection' Fails To Rev Engines

Welcome to WEEKEND ROUNDUP, where we discuss this weekends box office results.  The TOP 3 films for the weekend of August 26-28 were Don't Breathe, Suicide Squad, and Kubo And The Two Strings.

Let's take a look at this week's box office results:

MOVIE TRAILER MAYHEM: Daniel Radcliffe Shaves His Head For Neo-Nazi Thriller 'Imperium'; Final Trailer For 'Kubo And The Two Strings' Hits The Web

Welcome to MOVIE TRAILER MAYHEM, where we gather up all the new trailers that dropped this week and give them to you all in one place.

This was a very light week as far as quantity of trailers go, but we did get some good ones.  Some of the ones I'm most looking forward to include the Daniel Radcliffe Neo-Nazi thriller, Imperium, Laika's new animated film, Kubo and the Two Strings, the Anna Kendrick dramedy, Table 19, and of course DC's upcoming villain-centric film, Suicide Squad.

MOVIE TRAILER MAYHEM: The Team Suits Up In Final Trailer For 'X-Men: Apocalypse', Batman and Joker Face Off In 'Batman: The Killing Joke'

Welcome to MOVIE TRAILER MAYHEM, where we gather up all the new trailers that dropped this week and give them to you all in one place.

This week gave us some great new trailers, including the final trailer for Fox's upcoming comic book movie, X-Men: Apocalypse, the very first one for DC's newest animated film, Batman: The Killing Joke, and some new footage from LAIKA's new film, Kubo and the Two Strings.  

MOVIE TRAILER MAYHEM: Brand New 'Captain America: Civil War' Trailer Hits The Web With First Official Look At Spider-Man

Welcome to MOVIE TRAILER MAYHEM, where we gather up all the new trailers that dropped this week and give them to you all in one place.

This week we got a brand new trailer for the upcoming LAIKA animated samurai film, Kubo and the Two Strings,  Chris Hemsworth shows up in the international trailer for the new Ghostbusters reboot, and best of all, we finally got our first glimpse of Spider-Man in the final trailer for the highly anticipated Captain America: Civil War.

This Week In Movie Trailers: 1/25-1/31

Check out this past weeks trailer releases all in one place!  We have a new one from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the second trailer from the new LAIKA animated film Kubo and the Two Strings, and even one for the remake of Cabin Fever.

'Kubo And The Two Strings' Teaser Trailer Hits The Web

Two days ago, animation studio LAIKA released the poster for their upcoming stop-motion animated film, Kubo and the Two Strings.  Well, now they have released the first official teaser trailer for this samurai adventure film.  

LAIKA Releases Poster For Upcoming Samurai Animated Film, 'Kubo And The Two Strings'; Trailer Coming Soon

LAIKA, the studio behind such stop-motion animated films as Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Box Trolls, is coming out with a new film, Kubo And The Two Strings, directed by Travis Knight.