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 ...

With her flame-colored ringlets, Merida, the barely adolescent heroine of Pixar's 13th feature, looks like a wee Rebekah Brooks, maybe a pint-size Florence Welch. Despite these resemblances, Merida ...

As Mother’s Day approaches, many people are looking back at their relationships with the women in their lives — those who raised them, guided them, or had profound impacts on them — and how such ...

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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 ...

Movie princesses usually wear puffy dresses, have perfect hair and wait around for Prince Charming to save them from an evil witch. And then there’s Merida. She’s wild. Her hair is a mess. And she has ...

As a Disney/Pixar enthusiast, I jumped for joy in 2012 when I learned the production company was about to release its first film featuring a female protagonist. After all, Merida is a groundbreaking ...

Just when you thought Once Upon A Time was out of Disney princesses to introduce, they up and started pulling from Pixar. That's right, Merida from Brave is joining the show now in Season 5. What ...

Disney and Pixar are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the animated film Brave with a gorgeous, 17-inch tall limited edition Merida doll. The costume is super detailed and it includes a bow and ...

Pixar has been in a little slump. For an amazingly imaginative decade or so, John Lasseter’s animation studio enjoyed a run of features whose quality and popularity are unparalleled in film history, ...