'The Tale of The Princess Kaguya' starts out as a fairy tale, evolves into a cautionary lesson, and then becomes an emotional metaphor of life itself. Using animation that seems part sketch and part ...

Esteemed fantasist J.R.R. Tolkien once said that fantasy was true literature meant to be read, and that dramatic presentations of fairy tales were nothing but intolerable misfortunes. "I have never ...

The Princess and the Frog is the first real classic Disney of the 21st century. Five years ago, after the creative and commercial failure of Home on the Range, Disney turned away from traditional hand ...

One of this summer's biggest films is Angelina Jolie's Maleficent, an alternative take on Sleeping Beauty illuminating the memorable villain's humanity. Maleficent comes in the wake of this past ...

In this Danish rendition of the Princess in a Coffin tale type, you observe a king and queen that are unable to naturally bear a child, so they must seek the help of a wise old woman to fulfill their ...

The live-action martial arts movie The Princess could easily just be another story about one more headstrong princess who doesn’t want to wait around to be rescued. Its fairy-tale tropes could make it ...

My wife can tell you better than anyone I am wary of so-called princess culture. It can be described as the conspiracy whereby society, Hollywood and retailers start dangling crowns in front of little ...

Little did Kate Middleton dream about her future as a global figure, but the young girl from Reading, England was destined to become a treasured member of the Royal Family and a beloved symbol of hope ...