It’s not every day we get to see such a culturally-focused animated movie that’s nationally distributed — when that culture is not our own, that is. “The Book of Life” brought Mexican ...

Set in the 1920s in Mexico, the animated movie centers on the fiery ... Del Toro says he agreed to produce The Book of Life on the spot. "Yeah, my daughters and I used to watch El Tigre on TV ...

It’s comforting, in a way. “The Book of Life” may use state-of-the-art animation, but it derives its strength from the wisdom of antiquity. It only looks new, but it’s as old as life (and ...

Just in time for Mexico’s Day of the Dead holiday comes this gloriously colorful animated musical ... Produced by Guillermo del Toro, “The Book of Life” tells the story of a mythical ...

Of all the bizarre music choices in Jorge Gutierrez’s animated Day of the Dead-themed feature “The Book of Life,” Radiohead’s “Creep” was probably the most surprising. Our hero ...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Jorge R. Gutierrez’s “The Book of Life,” a spirited storybook animation that weaved elements of the Day of the Dead at a time when Hollywood seldom ...

The visuals outshine the story in “The Book of Life,” a lively animated tale that mixes age-old myths with today’s toon tropes. But what lovely visuals they are. The feature debut of ...

The Book of Life, which featured the voice talents of ... You know, it’s been great for animation [because] I’ve been mimicking people,” he said. “I started to realize, that maybe 50 ...

“The Book of Life” juxtaposes overwrought visual imagery with an undernourished, familiar story — regrettable flaws in one of the few animated films to focus on Latino characters and the ...

A major film release actually worth seeing in 3D, The Book of Life is one of the most visually stunning and sumptuously executed animated movies in recent memory. (The Land of the Remembered ...