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This image released by Disney shows the characters Moana, voiced by Auli'i Cravalho, holding Simea, voiced by Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, in a scene from "Moana 2." (Disney via AP)

This image released by Disney shows the characters Moana, voiced by Auli’i Cravalho, holding Simea, voiced by Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, in a scene from “Moana 2.” (Disney via AP)

Review: Though earnest and visually dazzling, ‘Moana 2' is more dull than so shiny

The warm Polynesian spirit and open-sea sense of adventure is back in “Moana 2,” but little of the original’s humor or catchy songs finds its way into this heartfelt but lackluster sequel set three years after the original, writes Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.

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Movie Review: Daniel Craig is a revelation in ‘Queer,’ a trippy tale of longing

★★★★

Movie Review: Netflix’s ‘Joy’ is a loud cheer for fertility, for never giving up — and science

★★★★

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★★★★

This image released by Janus and Sideshow Films shows Kani Kusruti, left, and Divya Prabha in a scene from "All We Imagine As Light." (Janus and Sideshow Films via AP)

This image released by Janus and Sideshow Films shows Kani Kusruti, left, and Divya Prabha in a scene from “All We Imagine As Light.” (Janus and Sideshow Films via AP)

Movie Review: A luminous slice of Mumbai life in ‘All We Imagine as Light’

The rhythms of bustling, working-class Mumbai are brought to vivid life in “All We Imagine as Light.” The narrative debut of filmmaker Payal Kapadia explores the lives of three women at different stages in their life in the city.

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Movie Review: ‘Red One’ tries to supersize the Christmas movie updated 3

★★★★

Movie Review: ‘Gladiator II,’ with Denzel Washington, goes back into the arena- test 2

★★★★

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★★★★

Cheech Marin, left, and Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong pose for a portrait on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

Cheech and Chong ride once more

Being on the road has always been the natural state for Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. No comic act has ever gotten so much mileage out of driving nowhere in particular.

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

10 movies that defined the Vietnam War on the big screen

This image released by A24 shows Helena Zengel in a scene from "The Legend of Ochi." (A24 via AP)

Movie Review: A tactile, retro-coded fantasy in ‘The Legend of Ochi’

★★★★

Filmmaker Charles Burnett poses for a portrait on Saturday, April 19, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

Charles Burnett on the never-ending battle of ‘Killer of Sheep’

Shinji Higuchi, director of the Netflix film “Bullet Train Explosion,” poses next to the film’s poster at Netflix offices in Tokyo on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

A new Netflix film features a hurtling Japanese bullet train with a ticking bomb

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This image released by Lionsgate shows Giancarlo Esposito as Mayor Cicero in a scene from "Megalopolis." (Lionsgate via AP)

Movie Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ is a wild fever dream of excess and idealism

★★★★

This image released by Universal Pictures shows a scene from DreamWorks Animation's "Wild Robot." (DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures via AP)

Movie Review: Visually stunning, emotionally powerful, ‘The Wild Robot’ is everything

★★★★

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows actors Lady Gaga, left, and Joaquin Phoenix, center, on the set with filmmaker Todd Phillips during the filming of "Joker: Folie à Deux." (Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

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This image released by Lionsgate shows writer/director Francis Ford Coppola, left, and actor Adam Driver on the set of "Megalopolis." (Phil Caruso/Lionsgate via AP)

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FILE - Director Francis Ford Coppola poses for portrait photographs for the film 'Megalopolis', at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

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General atmosphere at the premiere of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ scares off ‘Transformers’ for third week as box office No. 1

This image released by IFC Films shows Noah Wiseman, left, and Essie Davis in a scene from the film "The Babadook." (IFC Films via AP)

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French film ‘La Haine’ returns as hip-hop musical

Mathieu Kassovitz poses after an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French cult film ‘La Haine’ returns as hip-hop musical with tensions persisting in poor suburbs

This image released by Mubi shows Demi Moore in a scene from "The Substance." (Mubi via AP)

Movie Review: ‘The Substance’ is brilliantly disgusting and deranged

★★★★

This image released by A24 shows Sebastian Stan in a scene from "A Different Man." (Matt Infante/A24 via AP)

Movie Review: Provocative, genre-bending ‘A Different Man’ gets under our skin in unexpected ways

★★★★

Maisy Stella poses for a portrait to promote her film "My Old Ass" during the Sundance Film Festival on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

‘A star is born': Actor Maisy Stella breaks through in ‘My Old Ass’

FILE - Chevy Chase, a cast member on "Saturday Night Live," holds his Emmy Award as he watches a monitor showing producer Lorne Michaels accepting another Emmy for the show, while writers Alan Zweibel, left, and Tom Davis, right, look on, during the 28th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on May 17, 1976. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

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This image released by Apple TV+ shows Brad Pitt, left, and George Clooney in a scene from "Wolfs." (Scott Garfield/Apple TV+ via AP)

Review: Clooney and Pitt carry the fixer caper ‘Wolfs’

★★★★

This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Miles Teller, left, and J.K. Simmons in a scene from "Whiplash." (Daniel McFadden/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)

Q&A: Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons on ‘Whiplash’ returning to theaters after 10 years

FILE - United States' Edwin Moses jumps a hurdle on his way to winning the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Aug. 5, 1984. (AP Photo/File)

Edwin Moses documentary ’13 Steps’ shows how clearing the hurdles was the easy part for a track icon

This image released by Netflix shows Natasha Lyonne, from left, Elizabeth Olsen, and Carrie Coon in a scene from "His Three Daughters." (Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: Coon, Olsen and Lyonne await a father’s death in ‘His Three Daughters’

★★★★

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows characters, from left, D-16/Megatron, voiced by Brian Tyree Henry, Elita-1, voiced by Scarlett Johansson, Orion Pax/Optimus Prime, voiced by Chris Hemsworth, and B-127, voiced by Keegan-Michael Key, in a scene from "Transformers One." (Paramount Pictures via AP)

Movie Review: ‘Transformers One,’ an origin story no one wants with brutality levels no one needs

★★★★

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Tom Hiddleston arrives on the red carpet ahead of the premiere of the film "The Life of Chuck", during the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto on Friday, September 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

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General atmosphere at the premiere of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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