Catherine Laga’aia

Moana’s Live-Action Flop — America Never Stopped Watching the Original

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  Since 2023, no movie has been streamed in American homes more than the animated Moana. Nielsen clocked it above eleven billion minutes that year, then watched the number climb even higher in 2024, nearly a decade after the film left theaters. Those are the households Disney invited back this month, asking them to pay … Read more

Moana Live-Action — The One Thing the Cartoon Couldn’t Give It

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Moana arrives in theaters on July 10, a decade after the animated film that made her one of Disney’s most beloved heroines. The reviews are already out, and they are split down the middle: one outlet calls it a low point in Disney’s relentless remake run, another calls it one of the studio’s better live-action … Read more