The Little Mermaid
"...join the ranks of Disney's earlier classics, The Little Mermaid follows the studio's old formula to the letter: A..."
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Nov. 24, 1989 Movie Review by Warren Spector
Review: dat Black Mermaid Man Lady
Let Sharon Bridgforth's performance installation wash over you
"...it's the only one that's home to a black mermaid man lady. Right, Sharon Bridgforth?..."
Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Corduroi Premieres “Mermaid Island” Clip
Welcome to water world
"...concept into the visual realm with a video for “Mermaid Island.”..."
June 15, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
The Little Mermaid
Inessential remake of the Disney classic is bloated as a puffer fish
"...come for more redundant live-action features like The Little Mermaid...."
May 26, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Zilker Theatre Productions’ The Little Mermaid
Dynamite vocals and grand visuals overcome the musical’s narrative weaknesses to satisfy audiences nostalgic for Disney’s classic
"...it: I've never seen Disney's animated film The Little Mermaid. Go ahead, tell me I "didn't have a childhood."..."
Aug. 9, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez
Glass Half Full Theatre's Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse WOW!
This playful eco-fable by Caroline Reck and Indigo Rael creates a surprising plastic paradise under the sea
"...Artistic Director Caroline Reck and Indigo Rael for Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse WOW!, twin currents of good cheer and imagination..."
June 1, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires
The Mermaid
Comic fantasy from Stephen Chow is China's biggest blockbuster ever
March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Beware the Mermaids of Erzulie at AFS Cinema
Austin filmmaker Christine Chen finds the spirit of the bayou
"...carpet, fancy frocks, and the paparazzi. For her new mermaid horror, Erzulie, Christine Chen opted for beach towels, bathing..."
May 6, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Lu Over the Wall
Japanese mermaid tale with a big heart and a groovy beat.
"...the addition of an unlikely vocalist: Lu, a young mermaid (Cabanos). She’s technically a slightly amorphous ningyo rather than..."
May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Aquamarine
Based on a young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, the film is about two best girlfriends who meet up with … a mermaid!
"...total best friends who meet up with … a mermaid! They take her shopping, and they all get streaks..."
March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
The King’s Daughter
Long-delayed historical fairy tale is an overdue oddity
"...Marie-Josèphe discovers that the king has captured a mythical mermaid, she quickly befriends both the creature and its gruff..."
Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Frozen
This animated film mines Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales for material, discards the most brutish bits, and applies a heavy Disney top gloss.
"...Like The Little Mermaid, the animated film Frozen mines Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy..."
Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
A madcap animated ramble through Kyoto's drinking district
"...the drinking-age elder sibling to director Yuasa's provincial teen mermaid fantasy Lu Over the Wall. It has the same..."
Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation
Cartoon creations from Kobe to Goldilocks
"...directed by Disney master animator Glen Keane (The Little Mermaid). Combining traditional animation, both charcoal and pencil, with Bryant’s..."
Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Princess and the Frog
Disney's 49th animated feature film is set in Jazz Age New Orleans and stars a black cast of characters.
"...Musker are the guys behind Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, and they employ their keen senses of story, pacing,..."
Dec. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Original Sin
"...adapted before, in 1969 by Francois Truffaut as Mississippi Mermaid) and it still has certain Woolrich touches in place...."
Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina
"...very fiber of a fairy tale. Jodi Benson (Little Mermaid) gives a lovely, lilting voice to the title character..."
April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Newsies
"...music for Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid) here teams up with Jack Feldman to write a..."
April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher
Mermaids, Then and Now. Especially Now.
Some of them even throwing a trashy sort of party in Austin tonight.
"...Mermaids, we're thinking, are just about to reach a point..."
April 24, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Kid-friendly battle of the high school sea monsters
"...krakens are at perpetual war with the ambiguously evil mermaids (there’s also a special trident that they have to..."
June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur
Wish
We just wish that this animated feature for Disney's 100th anniversary was better
"...Dame or sinister souls like Ursula from The Little Mermaid. It’s as if Disney is afraid of making a..."
Nov. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
Belle
Icelandic reimagining of Beauty and the Beast can't balance camp and carnage
"...The most recent round includes this year’s The Little Mermaid, the live-action Snow White movie coming in 2024, and..."
Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher
Howard
The soaring music and short life of the man who made Disney sing
"...The mermaid Ariel, showing off her collection of human’s gadgets and..."
Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (Elektra) 'Til We Outnumber 'Em: The Songs of Woody Guthrie (Righteous Babe)
"...Billy Bragg & WilcoMermaid Avenue Vol. II (Elektra)'Til We Outnumber 'Em: The Songs..."
June 16, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray
Quest for Camelot
"...it did last Thanksgiving when it re-released The Little Mermaid in time to directly compete with the debut of..."
May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Babes in Tribal-Land
Awake in the Dark
"...about 1989, the year the studio opened The Little Mermaid, Disney has taken a turn with its animated division,..."
June 30, 1995 Arts Feature by Patrick Taggart
Aladdin
Disney goes more cartoony but still produces a classic with this tale of a diamond in the rough
"...animation houses. After the smash success of The Little Mermaid a couple of years back and last year's Academy..."
Nov. 27, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Beauty and the Beast
The Disney classic returns to theatres with a 3-D update.
"...Disney classics, but with the release of The Little Mermaid, it looked as though the spirit of Walt might..."
Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher
Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup
Find fall foliage and festivities all over Texas
"...Mermaid Promenade and Downtown Street Faire Sept. 24, San Marcos,..."
Sept. 6, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners
Five shows share top honors with four awards each
"...Featured Actress Coty Ross Williams, Disney’s The Little Mermaid..."
Nov. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires
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