Moana (2026) Review – Same Song, Worse Movie
Dwayne Johnson returns as Maui, but the live-action Moana doesn't add anything new — it just copies the original beat-for-beat, minus the magic.
Casey is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic who grew up watching the old-school action movie heyday dominated by the likes of Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Jackie Chan. Apart from contributing to Fortress of Solitude, he also regularly updates his own blog, Casey’s Movie Mania, as well as writing for Flickering Myth and Talking Films.
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