Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Movie Review: Ambition can’t defeat tiresome tropes and effects

One has to wonder if director and motion capture extraordinaire Andy Serkis started screaming into a pillow upon seeing Jon Favreau’s superb re-imaging of The Jungle Book in 2016. Not only did those visual effects rival anything in the Planet…

Movie Review: ‘The Jungle Book’

In 2014, Jon Favreau stood on stage at D23 ready to present footage of his adaptation of The Jungle Book. Before he queued it, he told us that this was probably the most technologically advanced film ever made. Of course,…