Middle-aged Ma Zhongqi is the production manager of an advertising agency. He has separated from his hair-dresser wife, Jian Jia, and the two are planning to end their marriage of more than a decade. Jian Jia meets a strange boy who wears a wig, but wants to ask Jian Jia to do his hair. At first, Jian Jia thought he was playing a joke, but without hesitation, refused. The boy waited for her until she got off work; he told her that he had seen her in a magazine. Jian Jia saw that he had something [unspeakable?]. Jian Jia later learns that the boy is terminally ill, and he wants to ask Jian Jia to do his hair specifically for him because he wants to have good-looking hair and take an engagement photo with the girl he loves.
In 1977, Star Wars changed the world. It took the universe by storm, completely redefining everything everyone knew about movies. But then, in 1980, The Empire Strikes Back changed Star Wars. Sequels were not as well regarded back then as they are today.
An animated reboot based on the book of the same name, with differences from the live-action movie of the same name.
Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame is a unique film coming from the same studio that brought us The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. While it does have its silly moments to maintain Disney’s family-friendliness, it also carries themes that stick to audiences years after its release.
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.
If the message here is that without a support system, grieving people turn into monsters, it’s not really well-delivered and may be flawed as a message itself.
