The teenage sons and daughters of Disney's most infamous villains take the spotlight in a movie that fuses classrooms and castles to create a contemporary, music-driven story about the challenges of living up to expectations.

Laura Marling's seventh album arrives almost without preamble or warning, and instantly and tenderly offers a sense of purpose, clarity, and calm. As a balm for the soul, this new collection could be posited as Marling's richest to date, yet it's another incredibly fine record by a British artist who rarely strays from delivering incredibly fine records. Marling has layered up lush string arrangements and a broad sense of scale to these songs without...