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The Ghastly ‘Maleficent’ and Why It’s Time For Hollywood to Kill the Dark Reboot

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Hollywood is gripped by an obsession so all-consuming that no blockbuster is safe from its brooding influence. Like Maleficent, sometimes these tales just aren't worth telling.

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Movie trends are pleasant enough at first—and then, like all trends, they get old. Whenever that happens, there’s always one movie that comes to be seen—maybe not right away, but eventually—as the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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