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Food makes us happy. The plentiful scenes of fare on display in abundance in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) will make us smile, but may also make us think. When is too much more than enough? We have probably never seen anything like this on the screen—raining cuisine in abundance. This would be…

Kids who go wayward may get the impression that their families don’t really care. Dad is too busy. There is no time for Mom and Dad to hang out with me, some teenagers may think. Some teenagers may bond with surrogate families. They bond with a group of friends that may or may not be…

Moana (2016) presents a myth that we don’t see that often. Moana is a very Polynesian story. This animated film has beautiful characters, a good story, a tropical island, music and song, and a lovely look. There is no mistaking its roots with the culture firmly embedded. There’s Polynesian garb, way of life, and characters.…

Polynesian myth comes to life in the Walt Disney computer animation Moana (2016) with the daughter of the village chief in the thick of it. Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) is the village chief’s daughter who has been told, along with the other villagers, that they have never been explorers. This message, however false, keeps the islanders…
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