Turning Red

Do you ever sit down to watch a movie and think “Can’t wait to watch this super cute relaxing movie,” only to be met so much internal reflection that you end up crying so hard that you can’t breathe? No? That was just me when I watched “Turning Red“? As a local Torontonian resident, I [...]

My four daughters and I watched Disney’s new movie “Turning Red” for the second time tonight. It’s about a quirky 13-year-old girl who, seemingly overnight, develops all kinds of feelings and hormone rushes and then — poof — turns into a giant red panda. Hilarity and chaos ensue. I won’t give any spoilers, but the [...]

Recently, Disney and Pixar released a new animation called “Turning Red.” I’ll be honest, I don’t keep up with new movie releases and only heard of this briefly from my students and in news articles that I saw the headlines of. I heard that the movie was about a girl of Asian descent living in [...]

“Turning Red,” Pixar’s latest release about a young Chinese-Canadian girl on the verge of growing up, touches on a number of relevant issues and struggles that come with growing up. I found Meilin, the main character who turns into a red panda when she gets emotional because of an ancient tradition passed down from her [...]