With 'Mufasa,' 'Moonlight' director Barry Jenkins' thoughtful and mostly satisfying 'Lion King' prequel reveals hidden depths ...

In “Bye Bye,” it feels more like Kiros is wrapped up in an emotional moment that pushes him toward ... Prepared,” in which Scar reveals his plans to take down Mufasa and Simba (explicitly ...

The script is also by 2019 “The Lion King” writer Jeff Nathanson, but liberated from penning a line-for-line remake of the original, he is able to imagine the story of how Mufasa and Scar ...

Not so “Mufasa,” which follows the lead set by Scar, introducing the vicious Kiros ... which helps us identify with their emotions, even as it pushes the characters toward the uncanny valley ...

Aand Queen Eshe pushes Mufasa to spend time with all the female lions as well… You will remember how Scar is vicious with Mufasa in the original film, right? Well the seeds of hate are sown here ...

The primary highlight, however, is the R&B duet “Tell Me It’s You,” which pushes Mufasa ... confrontation between Mufasa and Kiros, the origin of Taka’s scar, and the creation of Pride ...

It sheds light on the brotherly relationship that Mufasa and Scar — Taka — once had ... of the “Inside Out” films — and perhaps pushes ever-so-slightly into more problematic territory ...

Mufasa The Lion King (PG): Mufasa ... Thursday, January 9 at 1.45pm Watership Down (1978): an apocalyptic vision pushes a group of rabbits to abandon their warren in search of a new home in this ...