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Moana Remake to be Captained By Hamilton Director

virginiakublawi | May 31, 2023 | 0

Disney and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Moana remake has found its director. Thomas Kail is known for Broadway’s Hamilton and the most recent rendition of Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford. However, Kail has also worked on TV projects like Fosse/Version a...

Moana Remake Will Recast Lead Role

virginiakublawi | May 20, 2023 | 0

News has broken that Auli’i Cravalho will not be reprising the role of Moana for the live-action remake. Check out Cravalho’s Instagram statement here: “When I was cast as Moana at 14, it wonderfully changed my life and started my career. In this live-action retelling, I will not be reprising ...

Live-Action Moana Is Coming

virginiakublawi | Apr 3, 2023 | 0

You read that right; Disney and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson are working on a live-action Moana film. Moana is only seven years old, and I fail to see what they could reasonably update. But the film has stayed at the top of movie streaming charts since Disney+ launched, and they seem intent...

Hamilton: A Thematic Exploration of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Masterpiece

virginiakublawi | Jul 28, 2021 | 0

Lin-Manuel Miranda arrived and promptly made a name for himself with 2008’s Tony-winning musical In the Heights, but he was just getting started. Miranda’s second Broadway sensation has become synonymous with the man himself and further develops some of the themes from In the Heights while explo...

A Word in Defense of Lin-Manuel Miranda

virginiakublawi | Jun 30, 2021 | 0

Lately, I’ve grown increasingly tired of something that seems utterly inescapable. It’s been heading in this direction for quite some time, but I’m exhausted by the constant barrage of film criticism that evaluates art in solely political terms. Both “sides” do this, an...

Mourning and the Movies

virginiakublawi | Mar 15, 2021 | 0

Usually, I like to write straightforward reviews, or even contrast similar movies. Today I’d like to do something a little bit different, specifically an idea I’ve had for a while. I’ve mentioned here and there how important movies are to me. For me, watching and talking about movi...