Lin-Manuel Miranda has been very, very busy. Last week, Mufasa: The Lion King was released and is soaring at the box office, he’s circling an EGOT (again) and he’s prepping for All In ...

Mufasa: The Lion King” is an odd movie. Realistic-looking lions, warthogs, meerkats and whatever break into song repeatedly.

He plays the role of storyteller in a film that begins after the events of “The Lion King,” before traveling back in time. The young Rafiki is played by South African actor Kagiso Lediga ...

Mufasa: The Lion King takes a long time to really get going ... given that he is the “storyteller”), but Sarabi (Tiffany Boone) and Zazu (Preston Nyman) simply pop up and decide to join ...

“Mufasa: The Lion King” is an odd ... Using Rafiki as the storyteller and keeping the others silent might have avoided the disconnect. Instead, director Barry Jenkins re-introduces us to ...