There have been a few movies in my life that I felt decidedly lukewarm about on first viewing, only to find years later that the film seemed pitch-perfect for what it was trying to do. “Zathura” fits ...

With all the recent movies being made out of video games, it’s refreshingly retro to see one based on a board game. Admittedly, the source is not a “real” game – it’s no Battleship or Clue – but a ...

“Zathura” is just original enough for me to twist David Spade’s words: I liked it better than the first time I saw it, when it was named “Jumanji.” The similarities between the two movies are ...

“Zathura” is just original enough for me to twist David Spade’s words: I liked it better than the first time I saw it, when it was named “Jumanji.”The similarities between the two movies are ...

With Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle becoming a massive hit, it is easy to forget that 12 years ago there was another attempt to follow up 1995’s Jumanji. Co-written by David Koepp, directed by a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Did board-game sales plummet after the terrors of “Jumanji”? It’s hard to imagine any kid rolling the dice for “Monopoly” after the unrelenting brutality of ...

At the heart of “Zathura’s” wild-eyed, outer-space adventure is an ordinary, domestic dilemma faced by hundreds of thousands of kids every day. Little Danny (Jonah Bobo), his big brother Walter (Josh ...

Before we pronounce judgment on “Zathura: A Space Adventure,” let’s clear up the confusion on pronouncing the title, a matter that stumped contestants in a marketing exercise for the movie on Donald ...

You know how when you open an old board game and there’s that one piece missing and it keeps you from playing, or you can still play but it’s just not as much fun as it should be? “Zathura: A Space ...

Zathura is a brief and generic action game that does nothing to distinguish itself from the glut of similar--and cheaper--games on the market. Zathura is a third-person action adventure game based on ...