Plenty of Disney magic in live-action remake

SOMETIMES you wonder if Disney has a real-life fairy godmother on its payroll - how else would you explain how visually enchanting (most of) its films tend to turn out.

Case in point, Beauty and the Beast: the new live-action remake of the beloved 1991 animated classic.

It's nothing you haven't seen before but chances are, you'll be swept off your feet by this grand spectacle, regardless if you're six or 66.

What kind of sorcery is that? Your guess is as good as mine.

The story - to borrow a line from the evergreen Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson-sung title theme song (which Ariana Grande and John Legend now croons in the remake) - is "a tale as old as time" and director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, 2006) shows love and respect for the source material by not…