Tag: Benedict Cumberbatch
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“Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” Getting Beyond the Disney Version to a True Kipling Sense
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (on Netflix) realism and violence makes it a truer version of the Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book stories than the sanitized Disney versions. Though not quite Darwinian, The Law of the Jungle does rule here and is verbalized quite frequently by the wolf pups and Baloo the Bear (voiced with…
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“The Grinch” Isn’t Such a Mean One After All
In Dr.Seuss’ The Grinch what makes the Grinch redeemable and savable isn’t his two size small heart which is capable of growing bigger, or his sunny mean disposition and pranks punctuated with moments of tenderness and compassion. No, it’s his dog and reindeer. Even though they willingly do all that he asks, the Grinch himself…