The Little Mermaid ????? Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni. PG cert, gen release, 120 min Ho-hum live-action remake of the Disney animation that launched their second golden age. What’s the point bar the money? Once again, the anthropomorphic beasts lose all charm in the journey to photo-realism. Diggs, Awkwafina and Tremblay work hard at the respective voices, but it is difficult to impose emotion, wit or intelligence on characters denied facial expression. What we do get from the new version is a spirited, sweetly sung...