Unfortunately, that fact was lost on screenwriters Matt Lopez and Mark Bomback. Their "Race to Witch Mountain" shifts the focus of the story from the appealing Tony and Tia stand-ins Sara ...

The new Disney film “Race to Witch Mountain” is, I’m told, not a remake of the 1975 Disney film “Escape to Witch Mountain,” but rather a high-tech re-imagining of the book “Escape to ...

This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED Race to Witch Mountain, opening Friday, is clearly a product of Hollywood's love for revisiting successful ...

"Race to Witch Mountain" feels like a rejected script for "The X-Files." There's quite a bit of violence, mostly explosions and Johnson bashing noses. No doubt the filmmakers felt some jolts were ...

Race To Witch Mountain is a carefully-executed, conservatively-pruned family flick, positioned just in time to fill the void over the Easter school break where vacationing parents don’t know ...

Disney's "Race to Witch Mountain" raced to No. 1 at the weekend box office, bypassing expectations with $25 million in ticket sales. The PG-rated sci-fi flick starring Dwayne Johnson as a cab ...

"Race to Witch Mountain" is the first kids' film in ages to have action beats that measure up to Hollywood's grown-up action fare. Inspired by but not really a remake of Disney's much milder 1970s ...

Sadly for everyone with cozy childhood memories of the original films, Race To Witch Mountain fails to capitalize on that potential, settling for a new story that’s just as disposable and ...

A semi-remake of the 1975 live action film Escape to Witch Mountain, now re-titled Race to Witch Mountain, continues to have nothing to do with Witches, but everything to do with kid friendly sci-fi.

A made-for-television sequel called Beyond Witch Mountain was made in 1982. The series then had a reboot legacy sequel called Race to Witch Mountain made in 2009.

Find out more about our reviews policy. The clue is in the title: Race To Witch Mountain. Not Escape, like the 1975 original, or Return, like the 1978 sequel, but Race. It’s a verb that sets the ...