Tag: Barry Jenkins
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Mufasa: The Lion King” – A Roaring Success with Stellar Voice Cast and Stunning Animation
MOVIE INFO: “Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka–the heir…
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“If Beale Street Could Talk” It Would Say Let the Women Alone
If Barry Jenkins is looking for something James Baldwin-like to adapt Jenkins should go back and look at Moonlight and know that Baldwin would be happy with that filmic vision rather than the steady technical brilliance of If Beale Street Could Talk. Baldwin would have told Jenkins not to get caught up in duplicating the…