Drum – 15 August 2019

THELIONKING:THEGIFT

BYBEYONCÉ

ThisisanodetoAfricafrom

Beyoncé.It featuresa hostof

AfricanartistssuchasWizkidand

BurnaBoy,butalsoincludesUS

artistssuchasKendrickLamarand

Jay-Z.ThemedaroundTheLion

Kingmovie,it’sprimarilyanalbum

ofAfrobeats.If you’rea Beyor

Afro-beatfan,you’lllovethis.

Die-hardfansofthemovieshould

ratherstickwiththefilm’sofficial

soundtrack.– JUDYPHILANDER

SUPERMARIOMAKER 2

NINTENDOSWITCH

Thisgameimprovesonthefirstone

ineveryway,withmoretools,more

levelskinsanda morerobust

single-playermode.

Buildinga levelfromscratchis

sosimpleandintuitive,andthe

difficultyoflevelsmadebyplayers

canrangefromsimple,shortromps

withsomefunmechanicsto

behemothlevelsthatpulloutall

thestops.

• GARETHSEILER

MUSIC GAMING

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ANIMATED ADVENTURE. 118 MIN.

2019. PGV.
      From the opening scene,
      which sees the sun rising
      over the African savanna,
      to the animals making their
      way across the Pride Lands
      as a lion cub is presented to
      the animal kingdom,
      familiar scenes from the
      1994 original film fill you
      with a sense of beautiful
      nostalgia.
      Just like the original, The
      Lion King tells the story
      of lion cub Simba,
      who’s set to follow in
      the footsteps of his
      respected father,
      King Mufasa (James
      Earl Jones).
      But not everyone in the
      kingdom wants Simba to
      fulfil his royal destiny, most
      notably his uncle, Scar
      (Chiwetel Ejiofor). 
      Director Jon Favreau
      (The Jungle Book) has
      brought another Disney
      classic to vivid life –
      from the photo-realistic
      characters to the sounds
      of nature, such as the lions’
      roars, you feel like you’re

completely immersed in the

natural world.

The characters in the

remake may not be as exp-

ressive as in theoriginal

and thereareminor

changesinthescript

and thes

but itall

works

beautiful

South

Africans

will also

apprecia

thelocaltouchofRafiki

(John Kani) speaking

isiXhosa. 

Even after all these years,

the heart-rending scene

after Mufasa’s death is likely

to move you to tears.

While many have dubbed

it “Beyoncé’s movie”

because of the superstar

singer’s involvement in the

film,including the sound-

track,it’sactually the

warthogandmeerkat

aa(Seth Rogen)

n (Billy Eichner)

tealthe show

their sharp

andhilarious

tics.

A must-see for

hewhole family.

SHANAAZ PRINCE

A roaring effort

The Lion King remake is finally here

• and it does not disappoint

MOVIE

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Look out for these Disney

sequels and remakes in the next

few months.

MALEFICENT: MISTRESS

OF EVIL

OUT IN

OCTOBER

Angelina

Jolie

returns as

the horned

fairy,

whose

relation-

ship with

Princess

Aurora is complicated, as new

threats loom for the formerly

cursed royal who’s next in line to

become queen.

MULAN 

OUT IN MARCH 2020

The 1998 animated feature gets

a live-action makeover with

plenty of action but without

talking dragons. Chinese-

American actress Liu Yifei stars

in the title role opposite Donnie

Yen, Jason Scott Lee and Jet Li. 

JUNGLE CRUISE

OUT IN JULY 2020

Like the Pirates of the Carib-

bean series, this movie is

based on a Disney theme-park

ride.

Dwayne Johnson plays Frank,

a boat captain who takes a

brother-sister team, played by

Jack Whitehall and Emily Blunt,

on a mission through the

Amazon to find a tree with

magical healing powers.

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