If you were a fan of Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham’s fairy tale comic series Fables and were sorry to see it end a year ago, there's some good news! There will be more stories from the Fables universe coming from Vertigo Comics!

A bit tired of those beauty-as-goodness and marriage-as-happiness themes we see in fairytales? Feminist Fairytales is a web series that retells some classic fairytales with a feminist twist.

In considering the Disney princess roster, I've always felt that the "Disney Renaissance" movies--The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, and Mulan--offered better representation for young fans than Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty, if only because Renaissance princesses at least have more diverse desires than their predecessors.

The makeover is one of the most powerful and controversial tropes in Young Adult fiction. Makeovers are the stuff of deep wish fulfillment, and though the nature of these wishes and modes of transformation may have changed, makeovers still speak not only to the enduring power of beauty, but to our discomfort with its conventions as well.

Well, Disney can never be accused of fixin' something that ain't broke. Or something. Anyway, they are now developing a live-action Pinocchio so they can continue the successful wave of live-action adaptations that includes Maleficent and the current Cinderella.

As someone who's generally terrified of conducting interviews, I usually try to rationalize by asking myself "what's the worst that could happen?" THIS IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN.

The recent success of Disney’s Cinderella was for me, a disappointment. Big and beautiful to look at, featuring a more-than-solid performance by the Great Cate Blanchett, it was also a shallow, unnecessary, and highlighted the story’s fundamental problems as a story targeted at little girls. One of the most frequent comments I saw about the film were comparisons to 1998’s Ever After.

Their names: Charlie, Blue, Delta, and Echo. What are the chances I am going to grow very attached to these four and then one of them's going to die Hedwig-style and I am going to cry?

Her Doctor Who reviews and interviews are great. But seeing her in a context beyond Doctor Who shines a spotlight on the things that can go very wrong when a parent allows a small child to get caught up in the hoopla of the entertainment industry and internet fame. I really hope this isn't a sign of things to come. I'd hate for us to lose an awesome, smart Whovian and get stuck with a future host of Fashion Police instead.

Let's get this out of the way: I do not hate the story or idea of Cinderella.

Sarah Michelle Gellar. Rapping. As Cinderella. You heard me.

Disney's got a large canon under their belt, so it goes without saying that different people are going to be carrying around differing opinions on what films and characters top the rest. But I'mma go ahead and call shenanigans on Kenneth Branagh's ranking of the Disney princesses.

Way back in the fall, Disney brought a special exhibit to Toronto filled with the incredible costumes they used in their new live-action Cinderella. Our own Sam Maggs got the chance to check it out, and to speak with Oscar-winning designer Sandy Powell about her inspiration for the outfits.

Back in December we were baffled by this Disney promotional image for the upcoming live-action Cinderella film in which Lily James is either the victim of some over-zealous photoshop or a really weird optical illusion.

If you check out the new live-action Cinderella on March 13th, you'll also catch the animated short that precedes it—Frozen Fever, a brand-new story from about our favorite ice queen attempting to plan a birthday party for her sister. Everyone is back, including Kristen Bell, Adele Dazeem Idina Menzel, and the original film songwriters.

I am a big enthusiast of practical effects over CGI, and this incredible Cinderella cosplay proves my point perfectly. All she needs are a couple of little mice to scurry by in-progress and it would be perfect. Beautiful work by Bubbly Bee Cosplays!

Although, as I've said before, casting Richard Madden as the handsome prince who tosses aside his arranged marriage for love of a commoner is going to backfire on them considerably. Sure he's a great actor, but the second his king dad says "You must marry for the good of the kingdom" everyone in the theater is going to yell "OH GODS JUST DO IT THIS TIME WE CAN'T BEAR THE PAIN AGAIN."