Brendan and the Secret of Kells France-Belgium-Ireland Production: A Les Armateurs, France 2 Cinema (France)/Vivi Film (Belgium)/Cartoon Saloon (Ireland) production, with the support of Le Fonds ...

Aidan enlists Brendan’s help to finish the book, putting Brendan squarely at odds with his uncle. The Secret of Kells posits several mature themes, including a healthy helping of Celtic ...

“The Secret of Kells,” co-directed by Nora Twomey, is a fable-like tale of how that book might have come to be completed, involving the stern Abbot Cellach (voiced by Brendan Gleeson), the ...

REVIEW The Secret of Kells Who: Directed by Tomm Moore, with voices of Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson. Not rated. Running time: 75 minutes. When: Opens Friday, May 14. Where: Cedar Lee Theatre ...

As Brendan makes his way through the world ... If the storytelling of "The Secret of Kells" doesn't compare to the tales told by, say, Pixar or Miyazaki-san, the sense that you're watching ...

As advances in technology allow for ever more realism in animated features, the artists behind “The Secret of ... old novice Brendan lives within the walled monastery of Kells under the stern ...

when Oscar nominations were announced last month, “The Secret of Kells” is ... the magical but unfinished Book of Kells, has a life-changing effect on Brendan, motivating him to let his ...

The Secret of Kells was originally released in 2009 and starred Irish actor Brendan Gleeson as the lead voice actor. The story follows a young boy in a remote medieval outpost under siege from ...

The Secret of Kells keeps the religious content fairly simple and inoffensive. And “simple” really defines the entire narrative arc, which barely bothers with making Brendan a character at all. The ...

The protagonist of “The Secret of Kells” is Brendan, a charming 12-year-old red-headed boy. The film follows Brendan’s journey as he tries to understand what is important, decides who to ...

The Secret of Kells, you probably know, un-monkishly copies The Book of ... gets distinctly shrunken by turning the story into a head-butting battle between young Brendan (who’s all about the book) ...

but Moore and Twomey focus on the intensity of the emotions and the lushness of the world that calls Brendan away from his cloister. Visually, Secret Of Kells is a breathtaking movie, one where ...