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“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” (Disney)

By: The Catholic Post   -   October 16, 2019   -   Movie Review Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sleeping Beauty

Elle Fanning, Angelina Jolie and Sam Riley star in a scene from the movie "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Disney)

By Catholic News Service This routine follow-up to the 2014 live action reworking of the classic fairy tale, and 1959 animated Disney feature, “Sleeping Beauty” reverses the anti-traditional thrust of its predecessor by having its young heroine, the once-cursed Queen Aurora (Elle Fanning), accept the proposal of her longtime suitor, Prince Philip (Harris Dickinson). But […]