If you see Disney’s new live-action version of “The Little Mermaid,” there is a good chance you’ll see a trailer for a movie featuring another mermaid: “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.” Like “The Little ...

Halle Bailey's casting as Ariel in the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid is one of the few instances where the film demonstrates fresh thinking. I haven't really been a fan of Disney's ...

Halle Bailey plays Ariel, a mermaid who wishes she could be part of the human world, in the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. I haven't really been a fan of Disney's recent live-action ...

I haven't really been a fan of Disney's recent live-action remakes of its most beloved animated titles — a practice that may make commercial sense, but feels increasingly like an artistic dead end.