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‘Wildwood’ Review: Laika’s Most Ambitious Feature to Date Is a Richly Textured, Transportive Fairytale Epic
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‘Wildwood’ Review: Laika’s Ambitious Stop-Motion Epic Is Both a Technical and Emotional Triumph
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A teenage girl enters a mysterious kingdom in search of her kidnapped brother in Travis Knight's animated fantasy film, voiced by an all-star cast including Carey Mulligan and Mahershala Ali.
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- Reported by Hollywood Reporter and published Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:15:00 UTC.
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