On one level, it’s silly to complain about Disney’s revision of Maleficent, the evil queen from its own 1959 “Sleeping Beauty.” After all, that animated classic was a highly sanitized ...

Here is a comparison between Disney's animated classic films and their live-action features 1. Cinderella. The 1950 animated picture uses conventional hand-drawn animation with a timeless fairy ...

In that animated feature, it’s never really explained why ... Maleficent dooms the girl to prick her finger on a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday and fall into a “sleep like death,” a ...

Disney’s “Maleficent,” a dark fantasy reimagining of the 1959 animated feature from the perspective of the villain, launched with $69.4 million. By Amid Amidi | 11 years ago New ...

MOVIE REVIEW “MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL” Rated PG. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway Stadium and suburban theaters. Grade: C “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” a sequel to the ...

Maleficent is a well-intentioned, ... Sleeping Beauty was derived from the original French fairytale, but this film is clearly using the animated Disney adaptation as its jumping-off point.

Billed as the untold story of the malevolent character from the 1959 animated Disney movie Sleeping Beauty, ... Per Maleficent's orders, Aurora will fall into a coma on her 16 th birthday.

animated Maleficent: “Maleficent’s costumes are really not based on the periods but based on the movie ‘Sleeping Beauty.’ Of course, everyone expects Maleficent to be like the iconic image ...

Maleficent, out Friday, is the origin tale of Disney’s most popular cartoon villain from 1959’s Sleeping Beauty, and stars Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley and Sam Riley.With a ...

In 1958, photographer Allan Grant captured a model acting out the movements that made Maleficent a powerhouse animated villainess. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe Subscribe.

‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ flies higher, ... Opening six decades after the animated “Sleeping Beauty,” “Mistress of Evil” picks up several years later, ...