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5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a modern spin on a classic book and a “Lion King” prequel.
‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip’
Stream it on Disney+.
Based on Judith Viorst’s beloved children’s book “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” this new iteration of the tale centers on Alexander Garcia (the adorable Thom Nemer from FX’s “Snowfall”) and a road trip gone, of course, horribly wrong. Alex’s mother, Val (Eva Longoria), wants to inspire some family bonding by bringing her children to Mexico City to get in touch with their roots. So — along with his father, Frank (Jesse Garcia), and older sister, Mia (Paulina Chávez) — Alex gets ready to set off in a fancy recreational vehicle.
But before they leave their home in Denver, Alex finds an ancient idol in their attic, which unleashes chaos and all the terrible, horrible things you’d expect in a road-trip comedy gone berserk — including Grandma Lidia (Rose Portillo) getting left behind at a gas station. (Cheech Marin plays Grandpa Gil.)
Marvin Lemus directed from a script by Matt Lopez (who wrote the 2022 version of “Father of the Bride”).
‘Mufasa: The Lion King’
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I saw this in the theater with my son in December, and he was transfixed from the first photorealistic frame. Since the hit 1994 Disney movie in which James Earl Jones voiced Mufasa, there has been a long-running Broadway show, TV spinoffs and the 2019 Jon Favreau-directed version — to name a few offshoots.
