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The Box Trolls Get Meta!

Just when the second years thought they'd seen and heard the last of postmodern meta-ness!  Check out this short, sweet exploration of a) the meaning of life or b) the labour-of-love that is animation...

Trailer: The Boxtrolls (2014)

If you're feeling even a bit jaded about the labour-intensive absurdities of animation, world-building and character design, I predict this behind-the-scenes style trailer for Laika's The Boxtrolls will be just the tonic!

Laika's "The Box Trolls": Promoting all types of families

I was very happy to see an upcoming animated film trailer promoting all types of families. "We know that TV shows and films can both influence and reflect the changing tide of public opinion on controversial issues. So, a trailer showing all different types of families as totally acceptable? Win. By the way, the progressive, times-they-are-a-changin' bit occurs in the first 30 seconds."  Link here