In the 1989 version of "The Little Mermaid," the sea was a crisp blue, sea creatures could turn into functional musical instruments, ocean waves defied gravity and a flounder was huggable. But under ...

Here’s a controversial opinion about Disney’s new live-action remake of The Little Mermaid: In spite of all the complaining, the CG animals don’t actually look that bad. Make no mistake, I don’t think ...

This post was updated May 29 at 9:27 p.m. “The Little Mermaid” has at last reached land – and has frankly flopped like a fish out of water. Released on May 26, the live-action remake of the 1989 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When Disney announced that the singer and actress Halle Bailey was chosen to play ...

This new, live-action “The Little Mermaid” from Disney works on almost no level. It hardly has enough music to be a musical (and some of the songs are sung by off-camera voices), the underwater scenes ...

Fairytales are easy to love. They are told and re-told so often, everyone wants to make theirs stand out from the rest. But with a source material so strong, there’s no need to try and reinvent the ...