You won’t be surprised to learn that “Ferdinand,” the new animated feature based on the beloved 1936 children’s book, manages to find a way to put the titular bull into a literal china shop. What ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ferdinand the Bull is more interested in flowers than fighting, but can he stay true to himself when the rest of the world wants him to be fierce? The animated movie "Ferdinand" ...

Millions of people have read Munro Leaf's The Story of Ferdinand since it was first published in 1936. Two years later, Disney turned it into it an Oscar-winning short film. Now, the peaceful bull who ...

Three and one-half stars. Rated PG. 106 minutes. Any picture book that a parent can read to kids in a few short minutes, no matter how delightful, requires fattening up to become a film. Sometimes ...

The beloved children’s book “The Story of Ferdinand” by Munro Leaf, with illustrations by Robert Lawson, was published in 1936, but the pacifist story about a bull who would rather smell flowers than ...

The animated story “Ferdinand” is a load of bull, and that’s a compliment. Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha, who helmed the “Rio” movies and two installments of the “Ice Age” franchise, transforms ...

With bullying in the headlines, it’s good for children to have kind-hearted examples of how folks should be treated. Enter Ferdinand the bull (voice of John Cena), who has been reminded since he was a ...

Any picture book that a parent can read to kids in a few short minutes, no matter how delightful, requires fattening up to become a film. Sometimes Hollywood’s crassness kills the charm. Happily, that ...