Posts in category Film & TV

Now it’s time to meet the warrior princess, our title character: Mulan from Mulan (1998) In ancient China, an only daughter named Fa Mulan tries her best to …

Now it’s time to look at our Native American title character: Pocahontas from Pocahontas (1995) Set in Virginia in 1607, the story is about Pocahontas, the daughter of …

Although she isn’t the title character for this one, she still plays a major role in the film. Even on her own managed she managed …

Continuing the Disney Renaissance came my favourite Disney movie, with our protagonist whose name means “beauty”: Belle from Beauty and the Beast (1991) This fairy tale contains the …

Well, it’s been 30 years since our last Disney Princess. From the film that began the Disney Renaissance, and also from one of my favourite …

Here we are now with our third Disney Princess: Aurora from Sleeping Beauty (1959) The story begins with a Kingdom celebrating the birth of the King and Queen’s …

Continuing the Disney Princess Retrospective, let’s move on to every little girl’s dream come true: Cinderella from Cinderella (1950) We know the classic fairy tale of Cinderella and we’re familiar …

The reason why I used Disney Princesses as a case study in my article on writing strong women in film is BOTH because they explored …

There’s rarely a film that captures me so intensely that I’m drawn to the cinema more than once. If I remember correctly, the last time …

There’s tons of debate to whether the first Sam Rami Spider-Man film is better or worse than The Amazing Spider-Man. I stand by pretty much everything I mentioned in …