Full disclosure: When I was growing up, “The Jungle Book” was my jam. And as an adult, “forget about your worries and your strife” — the simplest of the “Bare Necessities” lines — is a guiding mantra.

Disney's 2016 live-action remake of the classic 1967 The Jungle Book animated film honors its source material in some ways, but it also lacks something that many Disney films lack. The original 1967 ...

“Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” is a cold and bleak awakening for any “Jungle Book” fan. Balou the bear doesn’t break into song. Instead, he’s constantly buzzing with flies, like a week-old deli ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

“Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” fell victim to a larger predator – namely, Disney’s big-budget reboot of “The Jungle Book.” Yet if you admire Rudyard Kipling’s source material in its various forms, ...

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, out now on Netflix, is stuffed to the gills with life. Each encountered beast, from a world-weary Indian wolf to a vengeful elephant, could easily ground their own ...