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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The animated feature that made everybody go "huh?" when Oscar nominations were announced last month, "The Secret of Kells" is certain to elicit its fair share of ...

Most historians will tell you that “the Dark Ages” is a misnomer. While earlier scholars considered the period of European history immediately following the fall of Rome a time of brutish violence and ...

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.

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...