Turning Red being set during millennial adolescence is a pointed choice on the part of the filmmakers.
Regarding turning red when anxious,the body contains a finite amount of blood (3 to 6 quarts, or 2.8 to 5.7 liters—the amount depends on the body’s height and weight). To equip the body for emergency action, the stress response also shunts blood away from parts of the body that aren...
Movies Under the Stars seriesof free outdoor movies returns to Surrey’s Holland Park on Aug. 5 (“Turning Red”), Aug. 12 (“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”) and Aug. 19 (“The Super Mario Bros. Movie”), hosted by Downtown Surrey BIA. Info: facebook.com/DowntownSur...
In Turning Red, Mei grapples with growing up and growing away from her family, but she realizes that it’s ultimately her own choice. She may spend less time with her mother or share life’s daily gossip with her friends, but there are bonds that can’t be broken. At the end of ...
Find Me is an unexpected sequel that deals with taking a chance—or even a second chance—to ask, "What if?" As someone who loved Andre Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name and its movie adaption, I greatly anticipated Find Me’s release in October. Even before I read Find Me, the genera...
Kids won't put together what Mei's mom (an apoplectic Sandra Oh) means when she asks if daughter's "red peony has bloomed." The central metaphor will go over their heads, as will the reason Mei's mom reacts so intensely when she discovers a notebook swamped in steamy doodles. To ...
In this animated retelling of the Book of Exodus, Egyptian Prince Moses (Val Kilmer), upon discovering his roots as a Jewish slave, embarks on a quest to free his people from bondage. When his plea is denied by his brother Rameses (Ralph Fiennes), the new pharaoh, a series of...
The St Cuthbert Gospels, front cover, dyed-red goat skin with tooling. Photo by British Library; see the full manuscript at the British Library website. The earliest books were likely bound using the Coptic method (which you can learn to do yourself). While easy to make and flexible, this...
So, for instance, it is better to respond to a long Facebook message “acknowledging” that you received the message, rather than to wait until there’s time to send a more thorough first message. Tags:Alliances,Business Relationships,Influence,Personal Branding,Social Capital,Social Networking,Tr...
government and scholarly projects on a "transition toward democracy in Cuba"—the reports to the president of the Commissions for Assistance to a Free Cuba and the results of the Brookings Institution's seminars on U.S. policy toward a Cuba in transition—are typical of attempts by U.S. ...