Disney Animation has several beloved classics in its library, but it also has several movie that deserves a lot more respect ...

Disney's ongoing fascination with remaking its animated classics in live action reaches the Pacific with Moana, a lavish ...

"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.

Moana Movie Review Rating: Star Cast: Catherine Laga’aia, Dwayne Johnson, Rena Owen, John Tui, Frankie Adams, Jemaine Clement Director: Thomas Kail Moana Movie Review Out: Catherine Lagaʻaia & Dwayne ...

Faithful to a fault, Thomas Kail's retelling of the 2016 animated hit is a competent but superfluous addition to the Disney live-action remake pantheon.

Thomas Kail directs this reimagining of the hit 2016 animated feature about a plucky Polynesian teenager’s coming of age, with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Dwayne Johnson is back as Maui, and ...

The Disney live-action remake of its 2016 animated blockbuster takes its time to thoroughly immerse the viewer in the life and Polynesian island culture of its titular heroine. Set in the South Seas, ...

Moana is more a self-conscious teen than a carefree spirit. Laga'aia, making her debut, also struggles to hit the right note of chutzpah that marked her animated version. Her eager-to-please smile is ...

The shot-for-shot live-action remake of the 2016 classic offers nothing by way of fresh insight or visual imagination ...

Few genres of film have been as much of a gamble for Disney as its live-action remakes. Criticism of the latest is so harsh that it raises questions of whether it would have been better made with AI.