Beauty and the Beast

Disney Plans Live-Action 'Beauty and the Beast'

Moviefone | Jenni Miller | Posted 03.12.2013

Fairy tales are the hottest thing in Hollywood these days. Disney is dominating the box office with "Oz the Great and Powerful," and now the studio is...

Movie Monsters Who've Fallen in Love

Moviefone | Christopher Campbell | Posted 01.31.2013

The latest retelling of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” opens this week with “Warm Bodies,” an adaptation of Isaac Marion’s novel of the ...

Blaming the Victim: The 'Problem' With Beauty and the Beast Isn't Belle, but the Beast

Scott Mendelson | Posted 03.19.2012
Scott Mendelson

If he truly makes her happy, then Belle deserves a lifetime of happiness with the now-human prince. But on the basis of his onscreen behavior, the Beast does not deserve Belle.

Gary Susman

'Contraband' Debuts at No. 1

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 01.15.2012

In the Martin Luther King holiday weekend battle between a classic beauty and a daring smuggler, it was the thief who made off with the box office cro...

Is Disney's Belle a Role Model?

The Huffington Post | Sandie Angulo-Chen | Posted 01.14.2012

The Disney Princesses are a controversial subject among some parents. Either they're considered iconic reminders of Disney's animated classics, or ubi...

In Theaters: 'Beauty,' 'Joyful,' 'Contraband'

Posted 03.13.2012

After a weekend that saw an exorcism movie make 34 times its initial budget, it's time for some bigger films to jump into the fray. If watching posses...