With: Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly, Julie Walters, Kevin McKidd With an unruly shock of red hair that makes a statement well before she opens her mouth, Merida has more in common ...

"Brave" and its red-tressed heroine Princess Merida had the box office all bowed-up this weekend, posting a $66.7 million debut. "This is Pixar doing what Pixar does," Disney's executive ...

Like many other feminist moviegoers, I was more than a little disappointed that Pixar’s long-awaited first female protagonist, Brave’s Merida, is a princess. But what’s striking, even astonishing, ...

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, ...

There are so many rules for a Disney princess. Too many for Disney’s newest princess, the Scottish heroine Merida in “Brave,” to remember. “A princess does not doodle,” her mother lectures in a light ...

Hulu has impressed me with its original films in the last couple of years. In April, I enjoyed "Crush." Today, I'm happy to report "The Princess" is another solid offering from the (can we call it a ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Disney has provided pop culture with some of its most memorable female heroines, from pretty and ...

"We routinely use different art styles with our characters," the company said in a statement. By THR Staff Brave Disney Princess Split - H 2013 Disney says that its redesign of Brave‘s Princess Merida ...

The newest princess from The Walt Disney Co. is more interested in shooting arrows and hunting bears than attending balls and finding Prince Charming. Merida, the spunky curly-haired Scottish heroine ...