‘Mirror Mirror,’ ‘Grimm’ and Hollywood's Love for Fairy Tales

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Terrence Rafferty

On March 30 Tarsem Singh’s “Mirror Mirror,” a zippy new version of the Snow White story, arrives, and yet another retelling, “Snow White and the Huntsman,” is threatened for this year. “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” looms on the horizon too, scheduled for early 2013. And two of the livelier series of the current television season, “Grimm” and “Once Upon a Time,” are based on tricky fairy-tale premises. Not all these movies and shows are destined to live happily ever after in the memories of their target audiences, but the entertainment industry, with its childlike trust in the powers of its own magic, clearly believes we’ll be enchanted. [link]