With the popularity of CG-animated films from Pixar and DreamWorks and the namesake monopoly on traditional animation that is Disney, it’s rare that smaller indie or even foreign animated films of a ...

Refreshingly different precisely because its look is so profoundly retro, "Brendan and the Secret of Kells" harks back not just to older animation styles but to pre-medieval illuminated manuscript ...

TanChun is a traveling film director and screenwriter who believes in positive Asian representation in Hollywood. She aspires to create more stories in Western media that give Asian actors a chance to ...

The Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells are graphic novel adaptations of Tom Moore and Cartoon Saloon's Irish Folklore Trilogy, adapted by Samuel Sattin who previously adapted the first film in ...

There's a simplicity to "The Secret of Kells" that some will find refreshing. Others may find it too limited. "The Secret of Kells" tells the Irish legend behind an elaborately illustrated manuscript ...

Nestled among this year’s batch of Best Animated Feature Oscar nominees was The Secret of Kells, a movie that received little distribution in the United States and had no spin-off video games or ...

28/01/2009 - All the magic of medieval art and an exploration of Irish legends are combined in this fantastical debut feature which stands as a symbol of European specificity film profile]. It’s a ...

The Secret of Kells follows young Brendan, a 12-year-old boy who embarks on a perilous adventure beyond his abbey's walls. Tasked with completing the legendary Book of Kells, Brendan faces Vikings, ...

Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from the isle of Iona carrying an ...