In Disney’s Luca (directed by Enrico Casarosa [Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2021]), the title character discovers life above the surface of the water….
In Disney’s remake of Beauty and the Beast (directed by Bill Condon, Walt Disney Pictures, 2017), the cursed prince, the Beast, is slowly transformed by the…
The film Crazy Rich Asians (directed by Jon M. Chu, Warner Bros., 2018) depicts the relationship of mega-rich Nick Young with not-so-rich professor Rachel…
“Please Remember Me” is the sorrowful cry from Tim McGraw’s 1999 single. While the country song describes the love and struggle of human relationships,…
Relationships create the opportunity for remembrance. The film Coco (directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina [Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2017]) reveals the…
In the sitcom The Good Place, Tahani Al-Jamil is beautiful, intelligent, a wonderful hostess, and a philanthropist with connections to many celebrities. However, she…
We all have different definitions and experiences of family. Karis Lee describes how living in the Middle East changed her and her family’s understanding…
Although perfect circles don’t exist in nature—we always find a lump or a bump—look for spheres. When spheres connect naturally, such as with bubbles,…
A modern-day example of covenanting with a group and valuing visible identifiable markers is the Greek system on our university campuses. Students pledge, or…
In the teen rom-com The Kissing Booth 2 (directed by Vince Marcello [Netflix, 2020]), main characters Elle and Noah are long-distance dating. Noah was previously known to…
