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Movie Review: Beautiful, Nostalgic and Emotionally Captivating!- The Jungle Book

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**Spoiler Alert!** "Mowgli is coming to big screen in a live-action movie?! Yeyyy!!!" , Yup. That was my reaction when I cam to know about this movie. And with Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Chef) holding the megaphone, I expected that this would be really cool. And he didn't let me down! (Thanks man!) . Let me admit this, I've kept searching for instances in the movie where the CGI would look unreal or like out of the place. Yet, I couldn't find one moment. With proper inclination towards the source material, perfect casting, great script and music, The Jungle Book turns out to be a great movie. The story, nothing new from that of the original, is about a man-cub (as the animals call Mowgli) who is found and raised in the jungle by Bagheera (a black panther) and a wolf pack. Mowgli leaves jungle for a man-village with Bagheera when a truce is broken between the Wolves and Shere Khan (an evil Bengal tiger) is bound to kill him. His adventures an

Movie Review: Lustrous, Stupendous and Ridiculously 'Skadooshy'!- Kung Fu Panda 3.

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**Spoiler Alert!** "If you keep doing only what you can, you'll never be more than what you're!" Kung Fu Panda series is known for it's mix of cuteness, fun and some amazingly great writing. Kung Fu Panda 3 takes them to Level 3! As the credits roll, you wish the movie was a little bit longer. And that wouldn't help as you'll feel the same way even if the movie actually was longer. With an all ensemble cast, great animation, supreme music and wonderful script, Kung Fu Panda 3 is not to be missed. The movie starts off with Kai, a buffalo Kung Fu Master (played by J.K. Simmons) fighting Master Oogway to  capture his Chi ( refers to a spiritual energy found in living things in the  Kung Fu Panda franchise )  which will help him return to Mortal World from Spirit Realm. On the other hand, our beloved Po (played by Jack Black) is on a serious mission to find his inner self. Master Shifu assigns Po to teach the Furious Five and meanwhile, Li, father