Much has been said of Disney's live-action adaptations of its animated classics, and the studio's latest – Moana, a remake of the Mouse House's 2016 animated movie of the same name – seems destined to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catherine Laga'aia stars as "Moana," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Disney Moana (Catherine Laga'aia) defies her father, ...

Moanais the latest in the long line of Disney live-action adaptations of its past animated movies, but it is not off to a solid start critically. In fact, the early Rotten Tomatoes scores before its ...

At the end of the live-action “Moana” remake I found myself asking a question that, if I’m being honest, I’d been asking ever since the live-action “Moana” was first announced: “What’s the point?” ...

It helps that half the film IS animated, that Dwayne Johnson goes full Maui, and that newcomer Catherine Laga’aia plays Moana with a beaming rapture. The opening scenes of the new “Moana,” set on the ...

This live-action remake of the 2016 animated film has nothing to add to the original, and winds up subtracting instead. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

Disney's 2016 movie "Moana" is a modern animated classic. With a new live-action version starring Catherine Lagaʻaia, here's what parents should know.

LOS ANGELES, July 8 (UPI) --The live-action Moana, in theaters Friday, is better than Moana 2 because it is still based on the original Moana script. However, it renders that script in a degraded form ...