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'Wildwood' review: Laika's most ambitious film yet

The stop-motion film features entirely handmade animation, with every frame painstakingly crafted by Laika's artists—a dying art form the movie itself mourns.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on The Weekend Shift
Published 10:37 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

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First reported by Variety: “‘Wildwood’ Review: Laika’s Most Ambitious Feature to Date Is a Richly Textured, Transportive Fairytale Epic”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 10:37 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock.

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Variety‘Wildwood’ Review: Laika’s Most Ambitious Feature to Date Is a Richly Textured, Transportive Fairytale Epic

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLaika's new film Wildwood is out, and Variety calls it a richly textured fairytale epic.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA girl cycles through Portland, Oregon, and every frame is handmade.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHandmade! Every tiny bicycle. Somebody sewed a sweater for a puppet and I want to hug them.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA sign in the film even says, enjoy handmade art before it's gone forever. I cried at the sign.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI cried before the sign. In the parking lot.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI hand-stirred my smoothie this morning. Forty-one stirs. That's practically a museum piece.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorForty-one. That's basically artisanal. I'm calling a gallery right now.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's long, but it's gorgeous. Go see it on the biggest screen you can find.