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The following contains spoilers for Moana 2. In the modern media landscape where streaming has become a major part of every movie studio’s production, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between what qualifies as a television show and what’s a movie. Streaming platforms provide both in equal measure. Some streaming movies may get

When it came to opening a sequel to a classic animated movie, Disney didn’t rest on their laurels in selling Moana 2. Already, the original 2016 2x Oscar nominated movie has a built-in faithful; the pic being one of the most viewed Disney movies on Disney+. Expanding the brand to a worldwide audience, the Burbank,

First, I want to apologize for taking so long to finally watch Lisa Frankenstein. You know how it goes – tons of movies released on the 2024 movie schedule, and it’s sometimes hard to keep up with every single one of them, but Zelda Williams’ Lisa Frankenstein was on my list, especially since the story

There was much to be thankful for at the box office this weekend. After “Wickediator” proved to be a success on a huge pre-Thanksgiving weekend, the good fortune continued with Moana 2’s release on the 2024 movie calendar. That’s actually an understatement, because while the Auliʻi Cravalho-led Disney animated sequel exceeded expectations and broke several

SUNDAY AM UPDATE after Nov. 30 post 11:21AM: The Thanksgiving stretch is delivering an unprecedented estimated $420M at the domestic box office, that’s according to Comscore since our post yesterday. EntTelligence reports 46M turkeys were eaten over the holiday while 30M people saw the top three movies. Moana 2 pulled in 17.4M admissions, Wicked 8.7M people while Gladiator II counted $3.3M

Let’s be honest, sometimes movies about religion can be a brutal watch. Whether it’s a message that pounds you over the head like a hammer, or just a boring pace that covers topics that many, even believers, can’t get through. There are plenty of exceptions though, like this list of religious movies that aren’t a

During the course of a record Thanksgiving weekend, Universal’s Wicked: Part One has become the highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office based on a Broadway musical. Through yesterday, the Jon M. Chu-directed, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-starring feature counts $214.3M in the midst of its second weekend, defeating the lifetime gross of

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks of all time. Just as hip-hop hasn’t faded, nor has the use of it in movies over the last four-plus decades. Here are some