Angelina Jolie anchors Disney’s Maleficent, a CGI-infused take on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale that purports to spin the story on its head
The Pirates! Band of Misfits is easily the best of 2012’s early crop of animated films, ribald fun on the open seas and in London
Mike Leigh lends a steady hand and a careful eye and ear to Another Year, a tone-perfect, life-affirming film that ranks among his best work
Harry Potter by way of Ingmar Bergman: Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is rich and vibrant, dark yet sensitive
Alice in Wonderland for the Lord of the Rings/Chronicles of Narnia crowd, complete with a battlefield action climax
There’s a fascinating story in the behind-the-scenes of the Woodstock music festival, but Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock only tells about half of it
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix contains fits and spurts of the magic of the previous films but generally underwhelms.