© Pixar Turning Red (2022) is a Pixar movie following 13-year-old Mei Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang ) who turns into a red panda—which she later finds out happens to all the women in her family. The transformation into the red panda represents Mei going through puberty as goes through various emotions that she has yet to experience…

© Focus Features Lost in Translation (2003) is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Sofia Coppola . It follows the story of two Americans, Bob Harris ( Bill Murray ) and Charlotte ( Scarlett Johansson ) who meet together to find familiarity and something to connect to in the foreign lands of Tokyo, Japan. This film has bee…

© Marvel/Disney Natasha Romanoff, or more popularly known as Black Widow, was first introduced in Iron Man 2 (2010) as an undercover spy to look over Tony Stark. Her introduction as well as her continued appearance in later movies, such as the Avengers, sexualized her and her character was built by and for the male gaze. Not until r…

© Madhouse Death Note (2006), is an anime adapted from a manga by Tsugumi Ohba that follows the main character, Light Yagami , who finds a notebook on school grounds that has Godly powers—the power to kill anyone just by writing down their name while thinking of their face. Light uses the death note to kill criminals as he intends…

© CJ Entertainment Take Care of My Cat  was a film released on October 13, 2001, by Director Jeong Jae-Eun . Take Care of My Cat  was Director Jeong's debut film and is her most famous work. This film follows five recent high school graduates struggling to maintain their friendship due to the many pressures provided by adultho…

© Viz Pictures Hello, I am Angela (Yoon) Lee, an undergraduate student at the University of Utah. This blog is dedicated to my film analysis and reviews. While I am not an avid film lover, I have many thoughts when it comes to watching certain films and hope to share my opinions with the world—even hear what other people think of th…