Maleficent

Director: Robert Stromberg Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Juno Temple and Brenton Thwaites May 28 This new live-action adaptation of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, marking its 55th anniversary, is the untold story of Maleficent (Jolie) and the events that drove her to cruelly place an irrevocable curse upon the king’s newborn infant Aurora. As Aurora (Fanning) grows, she is caught in the middle of the conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever. et