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Mufasa: The Lion King mostly “feels the love tonight” as mixed first reactions to the live-action animated origin story emerge

Posted 2 years ago

The first reactions to Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King find critics and fans divided about the Barry Jenkins-directed origin story.

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Early reactions for Mufasa: The Lion King roar through social media

Posted 2 years ago

The prequel to the live-action remake of one of Disney's biggest animated movies has screened for an early audience and their reactions have dropped online.

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Fandango’s advanced tickets for Mufasa: The Lion King come with a chance to win a vacation to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park

Posted 2 years ago

Fandango launches a sweepstake for Mufasa: The Lion King that sends the winner to Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park

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Mufasa director Barry Jenkins responds to claims he’s sold out by helming the Lion King prequel

Posted 2 years ago

Mufasa director Barry Jenkins responds to claims he's sold out by helming the upcoming Lion King prequel movie.

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André Holland says The Knick season 3 is still alive

Posted 2 years ago

André Holland says that The Knick season 3 is still alive and that he recently spoke with director Barry Jenkins about it.

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True Detective season 4 in development with Barry Jenkins and Issa López

Posted 4 years ago

It’s been three years since the last season of True Detective but HBO’s wonderful crime anthology series is set to return. However, it doesn’t look like original creator Nic Pizzolatto will be back as the network has tapped Issa López...

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The Lion King: Barry Jenkins explains why he wanted to direct the prequel

Posted 4 years ago

No matter what your thoughts were on Jon Favreau’s photo-realistic animated adaptation of The Lion King, the worldwide box-office spoke loud and clear — with $1.6 billion to its name, Disney clearly wanted to keep the story going and announced...

The Underground Railroad TV Review

Posted 5 years ago

Plot: From Academy Award® winner Barry Jenkins and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad chronicles Cora Randall’s desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping a Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers...

Charm City Kings: HBO Max (Review)

Posted 6 years ago

CHARM CITY KINGS was previously reviewed at Sundance 2020 – it's now available on HBO MAX PLOT: A fourteen-year-old Baltimore teen, Mouse (Jahi Di’Allo Winston), falls in with a daredevil dirt bike riding crew called the Midnight Clique, whose leader,...

Andre Holland & Barry Jenkins developing third season of The Knick

Posted 6 years ago

Following the brilliant but unstable Dr. John Thackery (Clive Owen) and the staff of New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during the early twentieth century, The Knick remains one of my absolute favourite TV shows of the modern era. After two seasons...

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