Today’s New Royalty Times has an article nearly the attack Oscar nomination of Information of Kells. There are whatsoever fascinating information in the article about the grassroots effort to get the celluloid appointed:

GKIDS was aided by a “superfan,” Jamie Bolio, an animator who had fallen in enjoy with the wrap at Capital. The visitant essentially enabled her to be a citizen publicizer, allowing her to flyer on “The Arcanum of Kells” Facebook page and gift her 200 DVDs to present to the Los Angeles cartooning manufacture.

Also, if you’ve seen the shoot and poorness to interpret all of its humanities references and settings, I can urge no finer article than this in-depth analysis by Parliamentarian Tan posted on Roger Ebert’s journal.

“It’s not even a contest,” was the response an unnamed Disney exec gave the NY Times when asked to comment on Fantastic Mr. Fox’s Oscar chances against Up. Despite the swagger that some Disney folks apparently have, the Times warns that Disney and Pixar shouldn’t break out the bubbly just yet:

In a mid-December surprise, both the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association named “Fantastic Mr. Fox” the best animated movie of 2009. Similar awards from five other critics’ groups followed.

Fantastic Mr. Fox and Up are both nominated for this weekend’s Golden Globe Award, along with Coraline, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and The Princess and the Frog. Since initiating a Best Animated Feature Film category in 2007, the Golden Globes have given the award to Pixar every year (Cars, Ratatouille, WALL•E). We’ll find out in a few days whether Pixar can make it four-in-a-row at the Globes.