When the 2010 Oscar nominations were announced Feb. 2, there wasn’t a bigger shock than the title of one of the Animated Feature selections. Listed alongside high-profile films Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox, ...

Just as The Secret of the Kells pays homage to the enduring spirit behind an ancient, illuminated Celtic text, so too is the film a sumptuous throwback to the vivid artistry of 2-D, hand-drawn ...

The biggest surprise of the past year’s Academy Awards wasn’t the triumph of Kathryn Bigelow or the ominous inclusion of “The Blind Side” to the Best Picture lineup. Rather, it was the nomination of a ...

If there was an Oscar race worth following this year, it was the one for Best Animated Feature. Out of nowhere, The Secret of Kells, an enchantingly old-fashioned Irish upstart about a medieval boy ...

Earlier this year, the animated "Secret of Kells" -- a joint Irish-French-Belgian production -- came seemingly out of nowhere to nab one of five nominations in the Oscar race for best animated film.

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 ...

In the adult world, the delicate balance between indulging one’s curiosity and staying safe is disproportionately tipped toward the latter. Opposed to this scaredy-cat mentality, The Secret of Kells ...

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 ...

As splendid as this film is to look at, it’s easy to see why it was nominated this year for a best animated film Oscar. This Irish stunner was surely the most visually complex, colorful, and ...

Five years after its debut, the Oscar-nominated Irish feature “The Secret of Kells” finally has its own art-of book. Distributor GKIDS announced this morning that they have acquired North American ...

The Secret of Kells: Brendan (voiced by Evan McGuire) is a medieval boy monk who dreams of illuminating sacred books. The carrot-topped lad possesses more imaginative brio than can be contained by the ...