Person: Charles Perrault

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‘I am not a princess’: Can Moana continue the trend for dynamic Disney heroines?

Disney’s films can have a strong cultural impact, so it’s important that Moana continues the trend for smart, dynamic heroines, writes Declan Burke

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Book review: Lying in Wait

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Book review: Blue is the Night

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Movie reviews: Foxcatcher, Into the Woods, Taken 3

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Movie reviews: Maleficent, Edge of Tomorrow, Jimmy’s Hall

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Blue is the Night

Shock, horror. Ireland has a rich horror movie past

They may scare you silly, but Irish horror movies should be taken seriously.

Thu, 31 Oct, 2013

Ronan tipped for Cinderella role

Saoirse Ronan is the frontrunner to play Cinderella in the Disney remake.

Mon, 03 Dec, 2012

Fairytales capture reality in today’s virtual world

Billy O’Callaghan is enthralled by a bicentennial edition of the reworked fairy tales of the Grimm brothers

Sat, 22 Sep, 2012

Movie reviews

Prometheus (15A) isn’t so much a prequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien trilogy as it is a greatest hits package, as feisty heroine Dr Shaw (Noomi Rapace) tracks down what appears to be the human race’s genetic ancestors to a planet half a trillion miles away, only to discover that the god-like beings she was expecting to find are more akin to the Old Testament God that liked to dish out punishing plagues.

Sat, 02 Jun, 2012