Tag: Angelina Jolie

While the first film twisted Sleeping Beauty lore into something unique, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil boils over into a modern political debate.

See No Evil Intolerance produces a lasting concussive force. That’s why Maleficent does what she does, or so goes this tweaked fairy tale retelling. Yes, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) curses …

Entombed Angelina Jolie was perfect for the early millennium era of Lara Croft. At the time, videogame Croft wore revealing shorts, even in frozen lands. Her breasts seemed implausibly …

Two-mb Raider Lara Croft doesn’t jump the shark in Cradle of Life – she punches it. She punches the thing right in the mouth. Cradle of Life is an …

Po-faced Kung Fu Panda 3’s important lesson buries itself under 80 or so minutes of frantic action. Po (Jack Black) learns the value of failure and how it makes …

Maleficent is affectionate, modernistic, and wholly charming – a high point in Disney's vault of live action classics.

The tentative romance between Claire and Eugene is very slow to develop and looks like a last-minute addition to the plot, hurting the overall movie.

There's no loss of eccentric charm for Dreamworks' latest offering, the writing team remaining on cue and the snappy dialogue timing itself.

the film merely appears larger in scale and scope than it actually is; that's what Venice can do for a film.

What Salt seems like is not what Salt is.

Since 2003’s Mystic River, Clint Eastwood’s career has been nothing short of stunning. That’s not necessarily because his films are masterpieces, but because he continually one-ups himself in terms …

Breaking the trend for animated films featuring furry creatures in impossible scenarios, Kung Fu Panda drops the usual array of pop culture references for superb comedic timing and original …