This was my first exposure to the familiar Jungle Book story. Personally, I'm still holding out for a film adaptation of Romulus and Remus, sons of Mars, reared by the she-wolf Lupa. Until then, this will have to do.
I enjoyed The Jungle Book. It's a gorgeously rendered, if not troubling, love letter to the myriad of complex life we share this planet with. Unfortunately, it's the humans in this film that I care least about. Probably because in a…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I'm always surprised to find how much of a struggle this film is for some of my peers. When I first watched Starman, I immediately fell in like with its simple premise. And being the sucker for earnestness that I am, I enjoyed every second of it (even the plastic, outdated bits strewn throughout). But for the sake of argument, let's challenge the premise a bit.
Wrought by the loss of her husband, a woman is kidnapped by an alien,…
