daw ... british - born entertainer richard dawson died of esophegeal cancer on sunday .
the darker side of the story ‘ snow white and the huntsman , ’ with kristen stewart i ’ m not sure this counts as a spoiler of anything other than universal ’s sleek and seductive marketing campaign — which has properly emphasized crows , swords and charlize theron ’s hair — but there are actually some dwarfs in the new movie “ snow white and the huntsman .
there is something exciting about how seriously “ snow white and the huntsman ” takes its themes .
“ snow white and the huntsman , ” directed by the first - timer rupert sanders from a script by evan daugherty , john lee hancock and hossein amini , tries something new .
their most memorable song is a haunting dirge performed at the funeral pyre of a fallen comrade .
since then , hollywood fairy tales have mainly tacked between wide - eyed romanticism and winking self - consciousness .
walt disney ’s justly beloved 1937 animated feature , though it has some spooky , gothic visual touches , expelled most of the demons and turned the heroine into an emblem of chaste and cheerful domestic normalcy .
so take note : there is nothing cute about this movie .
” the small fellows who befriend the exiled princess here are nothing like the grumpy , sneezy , dopey guys you remember from the disney version .