The new Disney/ Pixar movie Brave tells the story of Merida, a headstrong teenage princess who’s the daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. She inherited her skill and passion for the sword and bow ...

The heather on the hill and other scenic Scottish glories never looked lovelier than in the animated realm of “Brave,”the gorgeous if awkwardly plotted new film from Pixar Animation Studios and the ...

Pixar’s Brave arrived in 2012. It is a story about a skilled archer named Merida, who is the courageous daughter of the Scottish King Fergus and Queen Elinor. The movie is set in the mystical Scottish ...

The heather on the hill and other scenic Scottish glories never looked lovelier than in the animated realm of “Brave,” the gorgeous if awkwardly plotted new film from Pixar Animation Studios and the ...

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 ...

Things have been tough for female characters in Disney cartoons of late. When “The Princess and the Frog” yielded “disappointing” returns — i.e., it made gobs of cash but not the usual oodles — the ...

On the face of it, redefining courage as a quality required to repair torn relationships and not merely the ability to face down enemies would seem like an honorable undertaking for a kid-tilted ...

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