Jumanji (1995)

Thrilling, special effects-filled fantasy about two orphaned kids who find a mysterious board game in an attic. Once they begin playing, a gateway is opened to a jungle-like world filled with stampeding elephants, mischievous monkeys, and man-child Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who was trapped in the game as a boy decades earlier. Now, it’s up to Alan, his childhood friend (Bonnie Hunt), and the kids to finish the game and restore reality. With Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, David Alan Grier. 104 min. C/Rtg: PG

Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2017)

While serving detention, four teens discover a 16-bit video game called Jumanji in their school’s basement. Transported inside the game’s jungle world, the kids are each assigned an avatar--a muscle-bound explorer (Dwayne Johnson), a pudgy cartographer (Jack Black), a diminutive zoologist (Kevin Hart), and a beautiful martial artist (Karen Gillan)--and must survive a series of dangerous adventures in order to get back to the real world. Exciting follow-up to the 1995 hit also stars Nick Jonas, Bobby Cannavale. 119 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

The Jumanji video gamers and their adventurous avatars (Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan) return in this action-packed sequel. This time, the game is on the fritz, players inhabit different characters, and two old geezers (Danny DeVito and Danny Glover) get sucked into the world of Jumanji, all of which makes for an even wilder ride that leads to the ultimate boss fight with sinister villain Jurgen the Brutal (Rory McCann). With Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff. 123 min. C/Rtg: PG-13