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 it another adventure-filled, soon-to-be classic book by Chris Van Allsburg? Maybe. Is it another blockbuster film? Not likely. Perhaps actor-director Jon Favreau ("Swingers") was hoping ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 marauding elephants and screeching monkeys ...

Josh Hutcherson has his near future pretty well mapped out, for a 13-year-old. “My goal is I’m gonna graduate high school at 16,” says the home-schooled star of the new movie “Zathura.” And: “More ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...