The first part of the two-part "Itsu The Movie", a movie adaptation of the youth love comedy comic by Kazuto Okada, a popular manga artist known for "Sundome," starring Misaki Soejima, a popular gravure idol. Sagami, a junior high school student who is about to take the high school exam, encounters a beautiful girl when she visits the school of her choice and is fascinated. Sagami, who miraculously flickers in her skirt with a mobile camera, works hard to study and pass the exam, dreaming of going to the same high school as her, despite feeling guilty. However, Sagami, who accidentally entered the women's changing room as soon as she entered the school, tried to leave the place before anyone could see it, but she was witnessed by her longing for the scene.
'An American Werewolf in London' possesses a possible queer reading in the way it envisions a heterosexual romance being undone by the presence of a creature who embodies self-contentment in the face of social alienation.
Throughout Brendan Fraser’s career, he has played a plethora of unique, layered characters who explore the importance of not being afraid to display your emotions, something that is often seen to not be a masculine trait. This idea of regulating emotion and what traits men are able to possess creates a toxic atmosphere for men who are often told they should not cry or represent their emotions in any physical way. These characters represent that men can be joyful, emotionally conscious, and sensitive, while also representing their masculine identity instead of painting those qualities as fighting against their masculinity.
In 'Little Boxes," an interracial family moves to an all-white town where they face the judgement of others who have never been exposed to people of color before.
An aspect of She-Ra that I find refreshing is even though a large portion of the cast is on the LGBTQ+ Spectrum, being gay is never mentioned. While this might initially sound like a negative thing, in the show’s land of Etheria being on the gay spectrum is shown to be so common and normalized that straight isn’t the default. As much as there is to appreciate about narratives revolving around the obstacles that may come from being non-heteronormative, it’s nice to get immersed in a world where no one bats an eye at all to any sort of differing identity.
"Marriage Story" is a narrow-minded and heavy-handed attempt to examine the complexity of human relationships.
