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Interview: Producer and Co-Star of Moana 2 on Island Wayfarer’s Next Big Adventure

Now in theaters, Moana 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the 2016 original story set in ancient Polynesia, in which a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 29, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review

    Review: Vibrantly Animated Moana 2 Loses the Essential Chemistry (and Memorable Music) of the Original

    The best thing I can say about Disney’s Moana 2 is that it looks beautiful, even more vibrant and colorful than the 2006 original. Outside of that, the music is […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 29, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Red One Is Too Cynical to Be a Holiday Favorite, Too Dark to be a Family Classic

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 15, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: DC League of Super-Pets Is a Lighthearted, Animal-Filled Entry to the Superhero Genre

    How is it possible that some of my favorite DC movies of late have been their animated offerings? Four years ago, we were treated to Teen Titans GO! To the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 28, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Netflix’s Bloated, Soulless Red Notice Has Stars and Style, Just None of the Substance

    red notice

    Before he made action pieces like Skyscraper and the current Red Notice, writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber made Dodgeball and We’re the Millers, so his comedy roots are strong. (He also […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 5, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Based on Disney’s Hokey Attraction, Jungle Cruise Struggles to Capture the Same Charm, Comedy as the Ride

    Jungle Cruise

    There’s a great deal of plot and a great number of characters packed into the latest Disney theme park attraction that has been turned into a feature film, Jungle Cruise. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 30, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Familiar Cast—And a Few New Faces—Play the Same Game in Jumanji: The Next Level

    Jumanji The Next Level

    I went into the last Jumanji film, Welcome to the Jungle, with such neutral expectations that I was pleasantly surprised to discover a funny, energetic adventure comedy featuring an array […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 12, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Hobbs & Shaw Have Some Growing Up To Do in Fast & Furious Spin-Off

    Hobbs & Shaw

    It’s no secret that the Fast & Furious films (there have been eight up to this point) get bigger and dumber as the numbers get higher. Now apparently, there are […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 31, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Unexpectedly Heartfelt Fighting With My Family

    Fighting with my Family

    I know very little about the sports-entertainment practice of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), outside of the movie stars it sometimes gives rise to, such as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 20, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Dwayne Johnson is Basically a Superhero in Entertaining Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

    The premise of Dwayne Johnson’s latest disaster-based action movie is certainly intriguing: Under what circumstances would a sane man run into a burning building if he wasn’t an actual firefighter? […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 11, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Chicago Takes a Beating in Entertaining, Pointless Rampage

    Rampage

    It’s been since 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon that Chicago has taken a epic-sized, big-budgeted walloping the way it does in the video game-inspired Rampage. But something curious happened […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 12, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Jumanji: Welcome To the Jungle Coasts on Youthful Spirit and Humor

    It’s been more than 20 years since a group of kids unleashed the characters and creatures from an adventure board game called Jumanji onto an unsuspecting world. With this loosely […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 20, 2017
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