Running time: 120 minutes. Rated PG (action/violence, peril and some thematic elements). In theaters Dec. 20. It’s the Circle of Life at Disney — another boring sequel has been born. Actually, the ...

“Mufasa: The Lion King” roars in a way its predecessor couldn’t. In theaters this week, this second live-action-meets-photorealistic-animation adventure tells an original story, whereas 2019’s “The ...

But it could equally be subtitled: how Rafiki got his stick, how Scar got his scar, or even how an earthquake created Pride Rock — as consumed as it is with giving every leaf of grass in The Lion King ...

If Jon Favreau's 2019 live-action version of The Lion King left you with a painful scar (get it?), then at least Barry Jenkins' directorial effort Mufasa: The Lion King provides the plaster. Favreau's ...

Mufasa: The Lion King is yet another return to VHS-era Disney with uninspiring songs, an animation style that hurts more than it helps, and a story that had potential but is unable to be compelling ...

The circle of life goes on, and on, and on in "Mufasa: The Lion King," a needless furthering of "The Lion King" mythos which treads the same waters as this story has already traversed. This is a ...

Though Jenkins’ new movie is light on plot, it keeps the action moving briskly jumping from scene to scene with precision and fluidity even though the humorous references to the Broadway musical ...

Disney’s money-spinning Lion King franchise will probably keep on going and going, right up until its lion dynasty descends into the decadent chaos that's toppled royal families throughout history.

Barry Jenkins is too good a director to disappear altogether inside the creative limitations of “Mufasa: The Lion King,” opening Friday. This hectic Disney musical prequel origin story will do the job ...

A cheetah and giraffes are part of the many animals depicted against a hot African sun in the touring Broadway musical "The Lion King."(Joan Marcus) After a couple of hours of eye-popping pageantry, ...

Mufasa: The Lion King, as its title suggests, is the story of Simba’s father, the great and noble king of the pride lands. But it could equally be subtitled: how Rafiki got his stick, how Scar got his ...