Growing up in the nineties, one of my favorite movies was 1995’s Jumanji. Starring Robin Williams as Alan Parrish, a man who got sucked into and trapped within a magical board game as a child only to be freed years later as an adult by two kids who began playing the game where he left off, the movie was a huge financial hit despite the mixed reviews. It was so popular, in fact, that it spawned an animated television series, video games, and a board game. I was such a huge fan of the film that I can still remember the most famous clue offered up by the magical game within the movie: “In the jungle you must wait, until the dice read five or eight.” (It was actually this clue that sucked young Alan Parrish into the game to begin with, and instilled an irrational fear within me that prevented me from playing the board game based upon the movie that Hasbro released.) Because of all of this, it pains me to say that the movie being released this year that I’m most worried about is the long-awaited sequel, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.
2017 Movies: Why I’m Most Worried For ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’
Anthony Caruso
A resident of Gotham City. A graduate of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A survivor of the Zombie Apocalypse. A Jedi who is one with the Force. Anthony completed his BA and MA in English Literature over in jolly old England - because what better place is there to go to study English than England? An avid pop culture nerd, he is a huge movie buff (and owns almost 1,000 DVDs and BluRays, having underestimated how quickly digital downloads would take off!), comic book fan, and watches way too much T.V. He is also a strong defender of the Oxford Comma.