Children’s picture-book classic “The Story of Ferdinand” may not be quite the literary phenomenon it was 79 years ago, when Walt Disney adapted Munro Leaf’s pacifist parable into an Oscar-winning ...

One would think it would grow wearisome to see a 2,000-pound bull repeatedly placed in situations in which his size overwhelms his surroundings. It’s essentially the same gag, whether the title ...

Ferdinand is a sweetie and “Ferdinand” is sweet. Not as teeth-meltingly sweet as a sugar tsunami (though a scene where a little girl plants a loving smooch on the bull of the title momentarily strays ...

One would think it would grow wearisome to see a 2,000-pound bull repeatedly placed in situations in which his size overwhelms his surroundings. It's essentially the same gag, whether the title ...