Catherine's Movie Blog

Today in my Social Media class, we watched The Social Network and I thought that it was a fitting choice for what has been talked about so far. After finishing the film, I wanted to write my initial thoughts about the film, or rather what I could decipher immediately after finishing it. I feel my mind is spinning a million miles a minute right now but here are my thoughts about the movie after watching it. The Social Network is a drama film that came out in 2010 and was directed by David Fincher. This film follows the creation of Facebook through Mark Zuckerburg, Eduardo Saverin, and others with showing flashback scenes of the creation process and the problems that Zuckerberg later faced after the matter. Some of the stars of The Social Network include Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, and many others. According to IMDb, this film was nominated for eight Oscars and ended up winning three Oscars. This film won Best Adapted...

With sharing some of my favorite actors of all time last week, I figured that it would only be fair to share some of my favorite actresses. To be honest, there are not a ton of actresses I love but there are five actresses that I enjoy watching on the silver screen for their versatility and talent throughout the years. One of my favorite actresses is Meryl Streep. She has been around for a long time and has proven that she can really do it all from comedy to drama and has done some musicals. She has also done projects for Disney. With every role she portrays, she dives into the character so deeply to make it believable and authentic and not come across as ingenuine. I haven't seen a lot of her work but I plan on watching more of her because she is very talented. It is no surprise why she gets nominated for an Oscar what seems to be every year. Another actress I love to watch is Amy Adams. She is another actress that can do it all. She is very likeable from interviews I have seen ...

I thought it would be fun for you guys to get to know six of my  f avorite actors of all time, as well as my three favorite movies with them in it , I'll reveal who my favorite actresses are next week. There have been may men who have graced, and still continue to grace the silver screen and have proven over the years how versatile they have become.  The first actor I'll mention is Tom Hanks. He is someone who can genuinely do it all from comedy to drama to animation. The way he gets into character is something I admire. He is a likeable guy and that is one of many reasons why I love him so much. Some of my favorite movies with Tom Hanks include the Toy Story trilogy, A League of Ther Own ,  and Forrest Gump . Another actor I love is Robin Williams. Similar to Hanks, he was able to do it all and got deep into whatever character he would portray. He was one of the funniest people on the planet. I remember when he was on an episode of Whose Line is it Anyway and I cried...

Movies are a great way to tell stories about different cultures and make groups of people feel represented on the big screen. While it seems that diversity is something that is being seen more in movies today, there is still a long way to go. I feel that filmmakers want to have the big stars in their movies, which I understand completely and still feel that they should keep that going, rather than taking chances on hidden talent that shows representation in movies. For example, in the movie 12 Years a Slave , director Steve McQueen cast Lupita Nyong'o in a supporting role for that movie He took a chance on her because he believed that she would turn out to be a big star in the future. That next year, she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in her first feature length movie. Today, she has acted in many more movies such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens , The Jungle Book , Black Panther , and Us , which comes out later in the month of March. It was thanks to Steve McQueen for tak...

I swear that this will be the last post I make about the Oscars. With the Oscars happening this past Sunday, there were plenty of surprises, outrage, and celebration over the winners. I was pleasantly surprised with some of the winners, for example Olivia Colman. I for sure thought that Glenn Close would win for Best Actress because she had won all of the other awards leading up to the Oscars. In my opinion, it was the biggest upset of the night. Watching Colman give her speech was awesome. She was so real and authentic up on the stage and it has made me want to see The Favourite even more than I already had before. I was happy to see Black Panther get a lot of love at the Oscars from Best Costume Design to Original Score and Best Production Design. The speeches for the women behind the costume design and production of Black Panther were captivating. It was simplistic and packed a punch and that is something that an Oscar speech should be. I was happy to see the song "Shallow...

With the Oscars coming up on Sunday, I figured I would make my predictions and see if I come anywhere close to making the right prediction. With all the mess leading up to Sunday, I am interested to see how the show goes. Here is my list of predictions for the big categories at the Oscars. Best Picture : I am going out on a limb and saying Roma will win Best Picture. The movie was stunning to look at and had a substantial story that might get some love for the Academy. I could also see A Star is Born getting Best Picture too so it will be interesting to see which movie comes away with the biggest award of the night. Actor in a Leading Role : The only actor I have seen from the nominees is Bradley Cooper from A Star is Born and I think his performance is excellent and had many layers to his character. Lady Gaga's performance elevated his own to a different level but with all that, I don't think he'll win. I think Rami Malek will win the Oscar for his performance in Bo...

With the Oscars coming up very soon, the Academy recently said that they wanted to condense the show to three hours and with that, cut out four awards from being presented live and instead, present those four awards during the commercial break or after the show is over. With that, their speeches will be cut out as well. The four awards that will be cut are for Cinematography, Film Editing, Hair and Makeup, and Live Action Short Film. To the Academy, it will be able to run the show in an efficient manner and give everyone an "appropriate amount of screen time." What is the Academy thinking with cutting these four awards out from the live broadcast? They must be losing their minds or something because this is just unacceptable. Every part of a movie should be celebrated and by taking that away, it is showing that certain parts of a film are more important than others when in fact, all of the Oscar-nominated categories are pieces of a puzzle that come together to create a work...