{"id":33795,"date":"2014-05-29T23:51:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T03:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=33795"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:15:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:15:33","slug":"new-releases-may-30-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/29\/new-releases-may-30-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: May 30, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"maleficent<\/a>1. Maleficent<\/strong> (Disney, 3,948 Theaters, 97 Minutes, Rated PG for sequences of fantasy action and violence, including frightening images): <\/strong>The one thing I take away most from the trailer is how beautiful Angelina Jolie looks in it. I don’t know if it’s first time director Robert Stromberg’s skill with the camera (while this is his first directorial effort, he has won Oscars for his art design) or just Jolie’s natural beauty, but she is captivating, horns and all.<\/p>\n

This, of course, is Disney’s attempt to parlay their rich history of bringing fairy tales to the big screen in animated form into live actions success. Since they had a big success with Alice in Wonderland<\/strong>, they decided to tackle Sleeping Beauty <\/strong>next.<\/p>\n

This time, we focus on the evil Maleficent, a woodland fairy who takes a turn to the bad after a betrayal in her life. She takes out her anger on the innocent Aurora, but soon comes to realize that the girl might not have been the best target for her rage.<\/p>\n

It should be interesting to see if this does well at the box office. After all, it is a film with a female lead, which Hollywood hates even more than digital pirates. But there is a lot going for it too. We shall see.<\/p>\n