“Isle of Dogs” may be animation, but it doesn’t lack the same flair fans have come to expect from writer/director Wes Anderson.

Dipping his toes back into claymation, after adapting Roald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” in 2009, Anderson has created another visual marvel – an original tale that may look like it’s for kids, but is squarely aimed at adults.

“Isle of Dogs” takes place 20 years into the future where an outbreak of dog flu in Japan leads Kobayashi (voiced by Kunichi Nomura), the mayor of Megasaki City, to issue a decree ordering the banishment of all dogs to Trash Island.

The first to be banished is Spots (voiced by Liev Schreiber), the guard dog for Kobayashi’s nephew Atari (voiced by Koyu Rankin). Six months later Atari sets out to find his lost dog on Trash Island and meets a pack of dogs, Chief (voiced by Bryan Cranston), Rex (voiced by Edward Norton), Duke (voiced by Jeff Goldblum), Boss (voiced by Bill Murray) and King (voiced by Bob Balaban), who agree to help him on his quest to rescue Spots.

Anderson has created a detailed world that is an absolute marvel to behold. The world is fleshed out with Anderson crafting everything in meticulous detail – a visual feast that measures up to any of the PIXAR films.

The characters are just as fleshed out – with a smorgasbord of talented actors and actresses lending their voices to the project. There is Greta Gerwig as an American exchange student who becomes Atari’s main human ally. Frances McDormand shows up as a UN translator and then there is Tilda Swinton as a pug dog named the Oracle. Swinton garners most of the film’s laughs as the dog is considered a fortune teller on the island, when she is really just repeating everything she sees on television.

Goldblum’s Duke is also a blast, with a running joke where his character likes to repeat rumors about anyone and everything.

It’s that attention to character detail that makes “Isle of Dogs” so much fun. Like his best films “Moonrise Kingdom” and “The Royal Tenenbaums,” Anderson understands there are no small parts. He gives everyone in this enormous cast time to shine and the result is one of his best films to date.

Also in theaters

“A Quiet Place” (B) opened last weekend to huge box office numbers (more than $50 million in its opening weekend) and universal acclaim.

It’s a film that for the most part is worth that hype.

Following up his feature-length directing debut “The Hollars,” which he also starred in, John Krasinski wrote, directed and acted here – creating a thriller that relies heavily on silence and anticipation. It’s nearly flawless from a technical standpoint, with some outstanding acting from Krasinski and real-life wife Emily Blunt. They play Lee and Evelyn Abbott, parents desperate to protect their children in a dystopian future where creatures that use sound to hunt have overtaken Earth with humans forced to live in a near-silent existence.

The Abbotts live with their two children (Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe) on a remote farm trying to overcome the tragic loss of the youngest member of the family, while also preparing for the arrival of another child – an event that causes the parents to further question how they can protect their family.

What Krasinski does with silence in “A Quiet Place” is nothing short of astounding. About 90 percent of the film is dialogue free, but it doesn’t stop the film from being full of tension and it doesn’t prevent this cast from some impressive performances. What Krasinski and Blunt are able to do with facial expressions conveys more emotion than you see in films full of dialogue. The kids are very good as well, especially Simmonds – a deaf actress who made a splash in last year’s “Wonderstruck.” Like that film, she commands your attention whenever she is on screen and I hope she continues to make strong career choices that showcase her talents.

While “A Quiet Place” is full of suspense, the near-death experiences with these creatures does get a little bit repetitive in the second half. I also wish we could have had more background into where the creatures came from, but with talks of a possible prequel that is something that could be addressed in a future film.

Those are minor quibbles for a film that is so expertly crafted, with “A Quiet Place” certainly living up to its hype.

“A Quiet Place” is rated PG-13 for terror and some bloody images and is now playing at the Regal Bowling Green Stadium 12, Greenwood Mall Stadium 10 and Highland Cinemas in Glasgow.

Starring: Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton (voices)

Directed by: Wes Anderson

Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements and some violent images

Playing at: Regal Bowling Green Stadium 12 (opens Friday)

Grade: A-