As Mother’s Day approaches, many people are looking back at their relationships with the women in their lives — those who raised them, guided them, or had profound impacts on them — and how such ...

Technically and visually, "Brave" is up to Pixar's exalted standards. The curly red hair of the heroine is rendered with unusual specificity and naturalness, and the animators convey character through ...

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 ...

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The filmmakers hope “Brave” can turn the tide. “If we look too much at girl-centric stories, we end up with the conventions of the media,” said “Brave” producer Katherine Sarafian, on the telephone ...

From "Brave" -- Merida, the film’s young headstrong Scottish princess character (image: Disney/Pixar) Aside from a handful of notable animated heroines — Ariel (“The Little Mermaid”), Belle (“Beauty ...