Take Two: “Maria” (R)
Angelina Jolie ("Girl, Interrupted") plays famed operatic diva Maria Callas in director Pablo Larraín's Netflix biopic, "Maria."
Freeze Frame: “Maria” (R), “Queer” (R), “Kraven the Hunter” (R), “Carry On” (PG-13)
Angelina Jolie's stunning performance is the main draw of filmmaker Pablo Larraín's "Maria," a Netflix biopic about the last tragic days in the life of famed operatic diva Maria Callas. A fading Callas shares some intimate memories of her life and career with a journalist...who appears in only her imagination....
Freeze Frame: “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” (PG), “Lucy in the Sky” (R), “Greener Grass” (R), “Villains” (R)
Disney’s Halloween season offering is a sequel to a 2014 hit that flipped the script on “Sleeping Beauty,” turning the evil sorceress into a heroine. Angelina Jolie is back in the titular role of the gargantuan production, “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.” Apparently, the filmmakers wanted to make a kiddie version...
