MALEFICENT ***
GODZILLA ****
Dir: Robert Stromberg (PG, 120 mins)
Angelina Jolie and some accentuated cheekbones tackle one of the great fairytale
villains already immortalised in the Sleeping Beauty Disney cartoon but here,
you know, given a back story. Maybe she wasn’t that bad after all? In this version
of fairytale history far removed from the Brother’s Grimm, Maleficent driven by
vengeance and a desire to prote