With the independent, decidedly un-girly Merida, the studio is flipping the script on the traditional fairytale. By Jordan Zakarin Brave Merida with Arrow - H 2012 Where the film carves its own path, ...

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Movie princesses usually wear puffy dresses, have perfect hair and wait around for Prince Charming to save them from an evil witch. And then there’s Merida. She’s wild. Her hair is a mess. And she has ...

Disney gave its red-headed heroine Merida from the movie "Brave" an extreme, slimmed-down makeover before crowning her as its 11th official princess. And not everyone’s happy about her new look. She’s ...

“Bravely” by Maggie Stiefvater is an incredible sequel to the Disney movie “Brave.” In the book, Princess Merida of DunBroch has been back in the kingdom for some years since the adventure that we saw ...

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Jasneet Singh is a writer who finally has a platform to indulge in long rants about small moments on TV and film in overwhelming detail. With a literature background, she is drawn to the narrative ...