The island of Motunui is on the brink of famine with the coconut orchard succumbing to disease and the fish leaving the lagoon. Moana (Catherine Laga’aia), daughter of Chief Tui (John Tui) and next in line, listens to the stories of her voyager ancestors from her Grandmother (Rena Owen) and sets out across the open…
Tag: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Little Mermaid
Deep below the ocean waves lives Ariel (Halle Bailey), the youngest of King Triton’s (Javier Bardem) daughters. The young mermaid has dreams of what life is like at the surface, among the humans, but is strictly forbidden from ever going there by her father. Curiosity gets the best of her, and she makes a deal…
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Before rising to international success as one of the premiere musical parodists and comedians, “Weird” Al Yankovic (Daniel Radcliffe) was raised by a strict factory-working father, Nick (Toby Huss), and a dotting mother, Mary (Julianna Nicholson). After finding a hidden talent with the accordion, and moving out from his childhood home, he records his first…
Encanto
Deep in the Columbian jungle sits a small town built around a magical, sentient house, and the matriarch of the home Alma Madrigal (María Cecillia Botero). She lives there with her triplet children and multiple grandchildren, all of whom were granted a special power from the magic house: super strength, control of the weather, and…
