Thanks to its legacy of animated fairy tale films, Disney will always have princesses. But will it always have the Disney Princess franchise? In an attempt to come to grips with her feelings about the astonishingly lucrative line of merchandise,…
It would not be controversial to say that the continued importance and relevance of the Academy Awards is highly questionable, with this year’s crop of nominations in particular rightfully coming under fire for their lack of diversity. There is, however,…
The Peanuts Movie (2015) appears to be somewhat of an anomaly amongst the wave of animated sequels, prequels and re-imaginings that have recently been released with major studio backing. Produced by Blue Sky Studios (20th Century Fox’s animation subsidiary), Peanuts…
In 2006 Peggy Orenstein had had enough: frustrated with the way everyone around her, from family members to total strangers, eagerly foisted the recent princess mania onto her three-year-old daughter, she took to the New York Times in an attempt…
