If the words “Walt Disney Pictures” were the only ones to flash on the screen at the beginning of “Brave,” I would feel a lot differently about it. But “Pixar Animation Studios” soon follows, ...

Pixar tries to solve its female-heroine problem with a movie about Merida, a rebellious princess who, to her mother's dismay, craves freedom from... Not since Walt Disney's heyday has an animation ...

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 ...

The newest princess from 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 from ...

"Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies ...

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 ...

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