The hero of the animated "Kung Fu Panda 2" is a panda named Po -- but he may as well be called "Jack Black and White" since there is no mistaking the distinctive sensibility of the comic actor.

Po has to come to the end of himself, and Kung Fu Panda 2 credibly takes him there. I like the way the film visualizes the quest for inner peace in an almost poetic set of ritual moves involving ...

Shifu (Dustin Hoffman, right) teaches Po (Jack Black, left) the value of inner peace in DreamWorks Animation's KUNG FU PANDA 2 to be released by Paramount on Thursday, May 26, 2011.

Verdict Kung Fu Panda 2 could have been an OK game if you weren’t forced into using the uDraw in an unintuitive way to play an action game. The coloring pages and baby Po game will probably ...

But Po and his gang face an even more deadly nemesis, an emperor albino peacock named Lord Shen in the sequel, “Kung Fu Panda 2,” opening May 26. “The first villain was no slouch,” quipped ...

For Po, that was back in 2008 with the release of the first entry in the franchise, Kung Fu Panda. This project was a huge success with critics and moviegoers, quickly solidifying itself as one of ...