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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like the crystal lens that is a crucial element of Aidan’s craft — an enchanted eye that refracts and renews his, and then Brendan’s, perception — “The Secret of Kells” discloses ...

It must be admitted that The Secret of Kells somewhat short-changes Brendan’s Christian world in relation to Ireland’s lingering paganism. The Faerie world is matter-of-factly depicted as ...

will Brendan succeed in his quest to illuminate the darkness and prove that enlightenment is the best fortification against barbarians? All will be revealed on March 6th, when the illuminated ...