We all take things for granted. With me, that often comes in the form of grumbles when I’m, um, tasked with going to this advanced movie screening or that stage production for a review. Sure, the gig ...

Talking animals and Disney Princesses (especially Moana) might be equally difficult to translate from animation.

Disney’s live-action Moana faithfully recreates the 2016 animated hit, but offers little reason for its own existence ...

Toy Story 5' has crossed $1 billion worldwide, becoming 2026's highest-grossing movie and the franchise's third ...

"Moana," in theaters Friday, trades the beautiful animation for lackluster backgrounds, rendering the epic adventure as a static exercise.

Disney’s live-action “Moana” proved too familiar, too soon. Why the remake struggled at the box office.

Tough break for Disney as the live-action "Moana" crashed at the box office this weekend with a $43 million opening against a budget of around $300 million. Internationally, it didn't fare much better ...

Never enchanting or magical, this wan redo from 'Hamilton' director Thomas Kail of the beloved 2016 Disney animated movie is totally lost at sea.

You know a movie is adrift when you spend the running time admiring the grooming. As in the animated 2016 “Moana,” a Polynesian teenager (Catherine Laga’aia) sets sail to save her starving people by ...

Moana is the latest live-action adaptation of a Disney animated movie, but this one is failing critically while others succeeded and here is why.

The only Disney live-action remake I really enjoyed was the 2015 “Cinderella” film, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring ...

"Moana" is a Disney live-action remake that escapes the Disney live-action remake blues - in fact, it soars above them. It's the best of these movies I've seen.