On Friday, Disney's live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid is hitting the big screen, and I could not be more excited. As someone whose favorite Disney princess has always been Ariel, I know the ...

Trung Le Nguyen’s “The Magic Fish” and Jerry Pinkney’s “The Little Mermaid” recast the classics. By Jen Wang THE MAGIC FISH By Trung Le Nguyen THE LITTLE MERMAID By Jerry Pinkney Like most American ...

The fairy-tale world’s little mermaid is making waves once again as Disney prepares to release a new live-action adaptation of the story. Toy Story 5, Frozen 3: has Disney run out of ideas? Oscars ...

It's no secret that Disney revises the original source material when adapting a literary work, and in The Little Mermaid, it is most definitely for the best: the Hans Christian Andersen tale, as he ...

Last year, star Michael B. Jordan provoked a storm of criticism with just one line in a Vanity Fair cover profile: “We don’t have any black mythology, or folklore.” Jordan later clarified his comment, ...

Via is a cinephile and a bookworm who loves fantasy and cozy gaming as well as talking about pop culture both online and offline. The Little Mermaid's enchanting and dark tale inspired not only ...

From classic fairy tales from authors such as The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson to new and original fairy tale books, you can introduce gentle versions of the stories to young children in ...

This summer’s slate of big movies is flanked by two huge girlhood hallmarks. On one end, we have The Little Mermaid, Disney’s latest live-action movie, which reimagines one of the most popular Disney ...

Do you believe in mermaids? I’m ambiguous about the matter, but I suppose I am willing to suspend my disbelief. Here’s why: when I was a little girl, I really wanted to have Sea-Monkeys. If you were a ...

Halle Bailey's casting is a breakthrough for the industry, but there's another conversation to be had. Hollywood films and TV series often treat black history as if it began with the transatlantic ...