Orbit Magazine Nov 19

MALEFICIENT
Mistress of Evil
Maleficent and her goddaughter
Aurora begin to question the
complex family ties that bind them
as they are pulled in different
directions by impending nuptials,
unexpected allies, and dark new
forces at play.
In the five years since King Stefan’s
death, Aurora has reigned as Queen
of the Moors and Maleficent as
its protector. Despite her service,
the neighboring kingdom of
Ulstead, home to Prince Phillip,
deems Maleficent a villain. Diaval,
Maleficent’s raven and confidant,
overhears Phillip proposing to
Aurora. When he relays this to
Maleficent, she advises Aurora
against the union, though Aurora
insists she will be proven wrong.
“The true story of
GCHQ employee
Katharine Gun,
who leaked a
secret memo
exposing an
illegal spying
operation by the
United States of
America, “
“Angela jolie
returns to the
big screen ahead
of schedule
A force of British acting talent take on
this intriguing true story.
Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph
Feinnes, Matthew Goode, Rhys
Ifans, Indira Varma and Tamsin
Greig appear in Official Secrets.
United States is enlisting Britain’s
help in collecting compromising
information on United Nations
Security Council members in order
She risked everything to stop
an unjust war. Her government
called her a traitor. Based on
world-shaking true events, Official
Secrets tells the gripping story of
Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a
British intelligence specialist whose
job involves routine handling of
classified information. One day
in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq
War, Gun receives a memo from the
NSA with a shocking directive: the
to blackmail them into voting in
favor of an invasion of Iraq. Unable
to stand by and watch the world
be rushed into an illegal war, Gun
makes the gut-wrenching decision
to defy her government and leak
the memo to the press. So begins an
explosive chain of events that will
ignite an international firestorm,
expose a vast political conspiracy,
and put Gun and her family directly
in harm’s way.
...a well-crafted script and
a director who knows how
to compose tension. In the
wrong hands this could
have been stale and dull,
instead, under the watchful
eye of Gavin Hood, it’s a
brilliantly aggravating film
that ignites a revolt within
you, but keeps you calm
and focused.
L R Baldock - The Hollywood News
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