So what does Maleficent's sudden reemergence as a sympathetic antihero mean for modern audiences? The world was a much different place when Sleeping Beauty debuted in 1959. Sleeping Beauty spent ...

This time around, the studio put the focus on the 1959 classic's main villain, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie, in one of her best movie roles), in a self-titled prequel film. The Robert Stromberg ...