The Jungle Book Archives

Why Are So Many Modern Movie Villains So Bad And Boring?

August 2, 2016 2:28 pm

“The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture,” Alfred Hitchcock told Francois Truffaut in one of the interviews that makes up the seminal “Hitchcock/Truffaut” book. And as the man who broug...

Why Hollywood Needs To Question Their Faith In Remakes

Oliver Lyttelton

July 18, 2016 2:42 pm

Features

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This past weekend’s “Ghostbusters” was billed by many as a reboot, and in some ways that’s fair — the film discards the continuity of earlier films in the franchise and starts again from scratch, which is more ...

Box Office: ‘The Jungle Book’ Rules For Third Straight Week, ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Opens Huge Overseas

Kevin Jagernauth

May 2, 2016 8:37 am

News

Though facing competition from a cute kitten and a star-studded ensemble comedy made for Moms, Disney easily swatted away all comers, with “The Jungle Book” topping the box office with another big weekend. I...

Box Office: ‘The Jungle Book’ Trounces ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ And Once Again Takes Top Spot

Kevin Jagernauth

April 24, 2016 1:08 pm

News

Box Office: 'The Jungle Book' Trounces 'The Huntsman: Winter's War' And Once Again Takes Top Spot

Box Office: ‘The Jungle Book’ Swings Into Top Spot With Massive $103 Million Opening

Kevin Jagernauth

April 17, 2016 3:21 pm

News

Box Office: 'The Jungle Book' Swings Into Top Spot With Massive $103 Million Opening

Review: Jon Favreau’s ‘The Jungle Book’ With Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, More

Russ Fischer

April 12, 2016 5:00 pm

News, Reviews

A lavish technological spectacle, Disney's "The Jungle Book" pushes the capabilities of computer-generated imagery even further than the recent efforts of Pixar and the special-effects orgy of "Star Wars: The F...

The 20 Best Disney Animated Features

Oliver Lyttelton and Jessica Kiang

April 12, 2016 4:32 am

Features

Even if the positive reviews (our Russ Fischer was less enraptured than many, but still impressed) can't convince you that the prospect of Jon Favreau remaking "The Jungle Book" as a live-action extravaganza wa...