Impressive though it may be intellectually, the reality of watching these animals for two hours is a somewhat numbing and dull experience despite the best efforts of director Barry Jenkins.

Once it gets going, Mufasa: The Lion King gets too bogged down in prequel-centric ... this time around (which gets emphasized with Barry Jenkins’ previously established affection for having ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Over the four years he’s spent working on “Mufasa: The Lion King,” Barry Jenkins estimates that he’s been asked why he wanted to make it at least 400 times. The question ...

and smartly — especially if you are hellbent on adding to the franchise — director Barry Jenkins and screenwriter Jeff Nathanson have not tried to do that. Instead what we have is an origin ...