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Moana 2
This takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana (Auli'i Cravalho), Maui (Dwayne Johnson) and a brand new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced. This originally began as a television series in 2020, with plans for the series to air on Disney+ but in February 2024, the series was transformed into a theatrical sequel.
 

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Cross (Prime Video)
The third time might be the charm for Alex Cross, the famed detective of what seems like hundreds of books by James Patterson. Aldis Hodge takes on the role once played by Morgan Freeman and Tyler Perry (but not at the same time). Aldis Hodge is an up and coming and underrated actor and he absolutely kills it as Alex Cross. The series follow Cross, who's a decorated D. C. homicide detective and forensic psychologist. He studies the victims to better understand who murdered them. Here he tracks a serial killer with his partner, John Sampson (Isaiah Mustafa) that also has ties to his past.

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Emilia Perez (Netflix)
Mexico, today. Overqualified and exploited, lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldana) is wasting her talents working for a large firm far better at whitewashing criminal garbage than serving justice. But an unexpected way out appears, the sort of offers you can't refuse: to help feared cartel boss Juan "Little Hands" Del Monte, aka Manitas, retire from his business and disappear forever. Manitas has a plan he's been fine tuning in secret for years: to become, at last, the woman he's always dreamed of becoming. Selena Gomez also stars.
 

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