Sony's family-oriented movie "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" roared into first place this weekend in North American theaters as horror film "Insidious" edged into second past a slipping "Star Wars" installment, according to industry estimates.
"Jumanji," starring square-jawed Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and funnymen Jack Black and Kevin Hart, was headed for an impressive $36 million for the three-day weekend, bringing its domestic totalRead more
Welcome to the Jungle is yet another miscalculated, and poorly executed nostalgia-bait sequel, adding to a long list of such movies.
With the promise of a fun, action-packed adventure with a lot of heart, the film falls flat, even with its biggest selling point: the humour.
The prologue, which is set in 1996, is a revisit of the ending ofRead more