Say what you will about them, but the Disney live-action remakes have at least given us a choice. Which would you rather see?

Disney’s original 2016 animated movie Moana is a powerful fable about identity. The theme runs through every character arc, ...

It helps that half the film IS animated, that Dwayne Johnson goes full Maui, and that newcomer Catherine Laga’aia plays Moana ...

When Moana was released in 2016, it was a gorgeous cinematic wonder, drawing inspiration from Polynesian mythology, offering ...

Moana is gorgeous to look at, but it's too faithful to the animated original's storyline (and even camera moves) to offer ...

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. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Directed ...