Scouting the opposition.

Partly because it looked like fun, light fare and partly because we feel an obligation to start sniffing out what's being marketed to young 'uns, C and I rented Zathura: A Space Adventure a while back.

Nominally the sequel to 1995's Jumanji, this Jon Favreau-directed "boys' adventure" is a polite romp through space and time that imparts a few easily-digested lessons on kindness, karma and courage. Very white, very middle-class and very boy, it didn't exactly impress us. Worth the price of the rental, but not much more than that.