Sentences with phrase «traditional fairy tales»

Most adults today can relate to the magic of traditional fairy tales that create nostalgic memories of childhood story - times at home, in schools, at public libraries.
Traditional fairy tales include many disturbing, violent stories, but their sharp edges are often softened by magic, timely rescues, and the prevailing power of virtue over evil.
For Russian brides, recounting traditional fairy tales from their younger years has the same effect.
... there was a game designer called American McGee who having lived a life of dramatic ups and downs, decided to present a unique take on a selection of traditional fairy tales as a Table Top Card Game, Illustrated Book, Coloring Book, and Collection of Art.
Blending the calendar's fashionably couture - like taste for clothing with the hard edginess underlined in its paradoxical take on a traditional fairy tale, this outfit is all about bringing a touch of Carroll cool to the street with soft silken separates and robust leather pairings.
Reinventing the traditional fairy tale adventure, SHREK features gorgeous computer animation, a unique sense of humor, and compelling characters — especially Eddie Murphy's lovable Donkey.
While the story is modeled on a traditional fairy tale and a traditional love story, it's more primal than it looks.
Like the traditional fairy tales from which the film takes its title, Once Upon a Time in Venice has a storyteller, in the form of John (Thomas Middleditch), a nerdy intern / protégé for ex-LAPD cop Steve Ford (Willis), a not - very - successful private - eye sliding further into the underworld morass he mostly frequents.
Disney's cross-cultural retelling of a popular Chinese folk tale about a peasant girl who disguises herself as a man and takes her ailing father's place in the emperor's army turns the traditional fairy tale ending on its head.
Blancanieves is both a silent movie and a movie musical; both a traditional fairy tale and a brand new re-imagining of classic tropes; it is at once gorgeous and moving, hilarious and bittersweet.
But from there, any resemblance to a traditional fairy tale ends.
I work to share these unique legends with new readers who are ready to move beyond the traditional fairy tales.
Many of those stories are traditional fairy tales or legends that originally were created for adults — certainly not for very young children.
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