‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
Yes, $30 is a steep price to pay for one movie. But Raya and the Last Dragon—which began streaming on Disney Plus Premier Access on Friday—is worth the price. Directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, this epic adventure tells the story of a lone warrior (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) on a mission to restore harmony to her broken world. Raya manages to both build an incredibly detailed world—with inspiration drawn from Asian cultures, including Tran’s own Vietnamese heritage—and tell a full story with two complex women at the center, all in under two hours. For once, I wanted my screener to be longer. Give us the Raya spin-off series!