‘Cruella’ review: Emma Stone makes villainy fun and sexy

Think of the delicious new movie “Cruella” as the “Joker” of Disney. 

Like the pitch-black Joaquin Phoenix film, it explains the origins and psychology of an infamous villain — this time, Cruella de Vil from “101 Dalmatians.” How can we possibly come to understand and like a person who’s best known for plotting to skin adorable puppies and sew them into a coat? Who a lyric once described as “like a spider waiting for the kill?” It’s actually quite easy, because the wondrous Emma Stone plays her.