REARVIEW: Disney has intriguingly dismantled one of its own mythologies with 'Maleficent,' but the beauty and artistry of 'Sleeping Beauty' still endure. If we must take a revisionist sledgehammer ...

Maleficent is the latest in a long line of ... allowing it to seize control of the fairy tale kingdom and grow into a multinational mass media corporation to dwarf Jack’s beanstalk.

No spoilers here, but suffice it to say that Maleficent doesn't just rehabilitate the most maligned figure in the fairy tale canon and place brackets around received notions of naughty and nice.

But a retold fairy tale only works if it actually tells a better story. In this version, Maleficent is the protector of a peaceful kingdom that lies next to (and hidden from) the bellicose world ...

This was what you could expect from Maleficent — Disney’s early bid ... This is not your father’s fairy tale. As the Nineties went on, however, black-and-white morals of “fairy tale ...

Disney's dark fairy Maleficent returns to the theaters with Angelina Jolie reprising her role as the villainous godmother of Sleeping Beauty. The artists behind her look explain how it came together.

Maleficent, the story of a sinister fairy with vengeance issues, opens with visual panache. But it fails to live up to its early promise, mostly because of an uneven tone and murky character ...

The first Maleficent movie shed new light on old Disney villain in its retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Its sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which opened on Thursday, continues ...

Disney’s first live-action Maleficent film, starring Jolie as the evil fairy who curses Sleeping Beauty, earned $759.9 million worldwide in its 2014 release, while “Maleficent: Mistress of ...

Maleficent, the Evil Queen and Jafar. The four dramatic styles, which start at $2,000 and are each offered in both a black and an ivory colorway, are available now as part of Disney's 2024 Fairy ...

Maleficent muddies those waters in ways that may upset moviegoers looking for visceral action, though it surely doesn’t lack for battle scenes. At its core the film wants us rooting for the bad fairy, ...