Though the audience knows them as friends, The Lion King 1½ shows how the meerkat and warthog met and came to be in their remote paradise when Simba arrived. Timon takes the lead, as usual ...

Looking at The Lion King movies in chronological order, the TV series spin-offs deserve a special mention. The first series Timon & Pumbaa (1995-1999) is based on the misadventures and hilarious ...

and Timon (meerkat). “Mufasa: The Lion King” is 90% mayhem, peril and distress, and 10% reflection, which means it’s a two-hour exercise in cliffhangers, death threats and (skipping over som ...

Though Mufasa and Simba (the lions) are the lead characters in the story, Timon, a wise-cracking meerkat and Pumbaa, a ...

In conclusion, Mufasa: The Lion King is a mixed bag. The breathtaking photorealistic animation is a visual treat, but the overly melodramatic plot may leave viewers feeling as though they are watching ...

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

Every being has a place in the circle of life,” and “No more kings, we are all one.” Those lines of dialogue sum up the two major themes of this ...

Every being has a place in the circle of life,” and “No more kings, we are all one.” Those lines of dialogue sum up the ...

Like many critics, I despised the 2019 CGI version of “The Lion King.” The new animation was ugly and the ... in the care of comic relief meerkat Timon (Billy Eichner) and warthog Pumbaa (Seth Rogen).

“Mufasa: The Lion King” is an odd, odd movie. Very realistic-looking lions, warthogs, meerkats and whatever break into song repeatedly. It’s like a curious fever dream that doesn’t want to ...

Like many critics, I despised the 2019 CGI version of “The Lion King.” The new animation was ... in the care of comic relief meerkat Timon (Billy Eichner) and warthog Pumbaa (Seth Rogen).