Actress Beyoncé (1981)

The American musical drama film, The Lion King (2019), is directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment. It is a computer-animated remake of the 1994 traditionally animated film of the same name. In the African Pride Lands, a pride of lions reigns over the animal kingdom from Pride Rock. King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi introduce their newborn son, Simba, to the other animals with Rafiki, the shaman and advisor of the kingdom. As Mufasa shows Simba around the Pride Lands, he also teaches him about his responsibilities as king and the concept of the “circle of life”. ...

An American animated fantasy action-adventure film, titled Epic (2013), is loosely based on William Joyce’s 1996 children’s book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. Following the death of her mother, 17-year-old Mary Katherine (M.K.) moves in with her eccentric scientist father Professor Bomba in Danbury, Connecticut. Bomba has dedicated his life to researching the Leafmen, small humanoid soldiers who defend the nearby forest from dangerous creatures known as Boggans. Despite her irritation with her father’s work, M.K. believes his theories to be nonsense. At the same time, Nod, a rebellious ...

Dreamgirls (2006) is an American musical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon, and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. It is adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical of the same name. The story follows car salesman Curtis Taylor Jr., who in 1962 Detroit meets a promising Black girl group called ‘The Dreamettes’ at an R&B amateur talent show. The trio, consisting of lead singer Effie White, and backup singers Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson, catches his eye. Impressed with their talent, Curtis presents himself as their new manager and hires them to sing ...

The American spy comedy film, Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), also referred to as Austin Powers 3 or just Goldmember, was directed by Jay Roach. From his hideout behind the Hollywood Sign that same year, Dr. Evil reveals his plot for world domination to Number 2, Mini-Me, Frau Farbissina, and Scott Evil: traveling back in time to 1975 and teaming up with the Dutch gold-enthusiast Johann van der Smut, known as ‘Goldmember’ after losing his genitalia in a smelting accident. Goldmember has created a tractor beam powered by a special device and plans to use it to bring a meteor crashing ...