Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for 'Moana 2' Disney's Moana had a thrilling end as the young heroine (voiced by Auliʻi Cravalho) returns the heart of Te Fiti, turning a lava ...

Contrast Moana 2's magical waterspouts with Moana's expressive lava monster Te K? to get a sense of how detached the sequel is from its villain. (Except for a mid-credit scene that somehow implies ...

While in the first film, Te Fiti is presented as an evil lava monster, by the end of the film we understand her complexity. “Moana 2” initially presents Awhimai Fraser’s Matangi as an ...

At the end of "Moana," which came out in 2016, our plucky Polynesian heroine-who's-not-a-princess had defeated the giant lava monster Te Kā and returned the heart of Te Fiti, the moss-green ...

I love both “Moana” and “Gladiator” — the originals, that is. They have great characters, great plots, great music, great ...