Saturday, 12 May 2012

My Youtube subscription list.

MeekaKitty


Her funny, humorous videos make my days. Not to mention her vlogs. She also does several music video covers which are always very interesting. MINDGEEK.

Favourite Video


Vlog










Greyson97


No words, just music. He is amazing, he has several of the songs he has already wrote before his rise to fame and they are amazing. He doesn't update that often, but when he does his videos are amazing.


Favourite Video








TiffanyAlvord


Her covers are amazing. She gives a complete twist to the songs and they sound so good. She has such a pretty voice as well. She is one of my favourite youtubers. Its hard to pick which cover I like the best!






lukeconard


He covers songs like tiffany and also does many blogs. He does a lot of collaborations with other youtubes and sings in many fan bands. ( Ministry of magic, the tributes). His videos are also very well done!






meganandliz


They are huge fans of Taylor Swift ( Like me!) and cover a lot of songs. They also write some really good songs! I would recommend to check them out if you haven't heard of them! They do the perfect duets and have the perfect voices. They also have a good beauty channel if you are interested in their fashion and what they wear to parties and stuff.




Favourites







Nanalew

She does several videos with Meekakitty, as mentioned above and she is a great filmmaker and artist. The colours in her videos are amazing and her channel is very well balanced with music videos, vlogs and other stuff. 

Favourites








JoeyGraceffa




He has some of the funniest and silliest vlogs. He also posts some really cool stuff, check out winterspringpro for some really cool parodies. 






NikkiYanofsky




She sang the song " I believe" at the olympics. She is one of the best singers....
 EVER. She does covers
and stuff to showcase her amazing voice.




victoriajustice4all

Although she is a Nick Star, you wouldn't expect the amazing voice. Victoria has it. She can sing really well. She also posts some vlogs and travel diaries on her channel.






OTHER CHANNELS I SUBSCRIBE TO: 

whitneyleemilam
missglamorazzi
cimorellitheband



And these are just a few of my MANY subscriptions! What channels do you subscribe to?
Comment Below!!







10,000 views! One Year! You are the best!

I thought I would say, that I am so happy! This blog has reached 10,000 page views! I am so happy!!!! Thank you so much for your support and awesomeness! Couldn't have done it without you!

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

The Avengers- Review


If you are a marvel movie fan like me, you know that Marvel offers up some of the best movies of the year. With their superb opening titles and credits, plus the good choice of actors and a great action filled story. The Avengers, has all of that, plus more.

The acting is stunning, all the characters are really well developed and they played the characters so well. There were no useless characters, and everyone played roles and worked together. The acting from some of the best known actors of 2012, was really good. I think that they all played their roles really well and with thought.

As mentioned in other reviews I saw, the camera angles of this movie are very smart and satisfying. They give you the total depth of the scene, and what is going on. They put the idea in motion that everyone is working together, despite their flaws and differences.


The Avengers is a movie for all age groups, its for those little boys with the toy figurines, to the little girls who dress up in superhero costumes. For the teens that have seen the many superhero movies, to the adults who have read the many comics as kids. This movie is suitable for everyone and the action in it is really undeniable and awesome. You will enjoy this movie, from start to finish!!! A-

10 reasons why you have to watch the Others!



1. The Others is a classic. It is a old movie, but the story is so well done. It is well plotted and seems to actually not have stupid characters.

2. The actors can actually act. Its not that forced acting that we see nowadays. Its Real, raw talent.


3. The Others is a real horror movie. Not that stupid gory stuff. It actually gives you the chills with the story, not the gore that is in it.


4. The others isn't about the stupid stuff. Its not all meaningless like horror movies now. Now about people doing drugs, or smoking. Its actually about a family.


5. The Others has a lesson to learn. It has lessons in it about parenting and about how you should treat others. It talks about second chances and how people can change.


6. The twist is fantastic. THE TWIST IS SO FANTASTIC.


7. It is not terribly inappropriate . Not much swearing and stuff like that. Children who have a good tolerance to scary stuff could watch it.


8. It will give you chills. The whole idea and story and events will give you chills. Legit, real goosebumps!


9. It has family morals. It has morals on how to treat your children and how much family means.


10. It will make you think. I stayed up at night thinking about this movie because it left me so amazed about how good it was!

Saturday, 5 May 2012

Catchup!

Its May and it's almost the end of the school year! Only 2 months, less than 2 months. I haven't updated this blog in a while, but I promise I'll get back to the spin of it because I have been soooo busy. My band concert is in a week and I just finished with the planning for a major school event! Ecolympics! A eco activity event for half day! Ahhh so relived that it is over with, but had so much fun planning it at the same time. ( Eco club, your amazing!). Grad is in a month, and yearbooks are being pre ordered! All is well! Once things start to slow down, I can update more. Tomorrow i'm seeing the avengers, so Ill post a review on that. Also, I saw The Hunger Games 3 times. Yeah, thats just me.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

- Kassy

Monday, 23 April 2012

Sky Sailing- An Airplane Carried Me To Bed




Owl City has always been one of my inspirations. Something about his music has always inspired me and made me so happy just by listening. When I found out about his Sky Sailing album, I bought it on the spot. Why? This is the first music he made, under a different name. He goes by " Sky Sailing" and his music is a peaceful break from the world around us. He was not on a record deal at the time that he made this, and I think its what makes it so inspiring. He did all this, and basically created his own success, something we all strive to do.

Captains Of The Sky is by far my favourite song on the album. Its upbeat, but it makes me think. It is such a hopeful song and I applaud it for that. Other favourites are: Tennis Elbow, Blue and Red, Alaska, I live alone and Saiboats.

How is this album compared to the "Owl City" albums. Well they are different, in the sense that I can see the real Adam Young, I am a huge Owl City fan but these songs are filled with his emotion and this just feels so real. When compared to his new music, I would rank them the same, Owl City fans might enjoy this and so will people that aren't all big on the electronic on his new albums. I would recommend this.



Saturday, 14 April 2012

Bullying- Get your number!

Recently I have done a project for my music class on bullying. I feel strongly for this topic so it helped me make my presentation. The song I chose to convey my message was " Love is louder" because it has the emotions, hate hope and justice that are needed to put an end to bullying.



I discovered a website called: standtogether.tv . I encourage you to sign up and sign the pledge to put a end to bullying. Take a picture with your number and then put it back on the site to show that you signed the pledge!

See my video here:


Thursday, 12 April 2012

Mirror Mirror Review




Mirror Mirror was the start of a upcoming trend in movies- Fairy Tales. With the huge start of many fairy tale twists including Grimm, once upon a time and the upcoming releases of snow white and the huntsman and jack and the beanstalk Mirror Mirror was looking for something new. They wanted to add a humorous twist to the movie, without it being parody like. They wanted it to be heartfelt, without being cheesy. Did they do that right?

Upon seeing the trailer for mirror mirror, I wasn't happy. I thought the movie would be more parody like and I was set on not seeing the movie. It looked pretty darn stupid. I ended up seeing the movie because well- people were telling me it wasn't as bad as it seemed. It wasn't nearly as bad.

Theres nothing majorly impressive, but this movie has a powerful twist to the typical snow white tale. For a first time in fairy tales a woman takes charge and doesn't rely on a prince to save her for what lies ahead. A woman defeats evil for a change.

The acting was good, Lily Collins proves her diversity of roles in this role and Julia Roberts delivers. The story was pretty good, had some funny moments and heart warming moments as well.

So in the end, mirror mirror wasn't cheesy, wasn't stupid it was just good. The twist as pretty excellent and the ending was not what I thought it would be. Its a great family movie. C+

Saturday, 24 March 2012

The Hunger Games Review



I have to say, I have loved The Hunger Games from the beginning. I started reading the novel in grade 6. My mom bought it for me, she told me that the idea was kinda sick and if I got scared to return it. I have to say, The Hunger Games is more than just fighting to death. Its so much more than that and thats what makes it so good.

For those die-hard fans, you guys will like this because it does not stray from the book. The only thing is that Madge didn't exist and Rues lullaby wasn't really there ether. Otherwise our favourite parts of the books still exist in a movie.There are still several chunks of the movie missing, but the director and writer of the movie made it go along very smoothly so it won't be noticed as much.

The acting in this movie was one of the main highlights. Jennifer Lawerence wasn't playing Katniss Everdeen, she was Katniss Everdeen. Her performance was completely outstanding and I was blown away. The same goes for Peeta, Gale, Foxface, Clove, Cato, Rue, Prim, Effie, Haymitch and everyone else!

One thing I didn't like was that the camera style was very shaky. I know the director, Gary Ross made this because he wanted the movie to seem like it was right from the perspective of Katniss. I didn't like this because it was very dizzying and the entire movie was not from Katnisses point of view because of the added scenes. 

Overall, this movie agrees with fans. It does not take any main concepts from the book. The cast made the film real and there is nothing terribly bad to point out. The Hunger Games wins. A-

Friday, 9 March 2012

Hugo Review



Remember the first time you went to a movie? How magicial the expirence was? Take this expirence back a couple decades. The sound of the film spinning in the projector. This expirence was pure magic. That sort of describes the expirence of watching Hugo.

Hugo is a story that is about a boy, Hugo Cabret. His father passed away and he lives in a clocktower which his uncle told him to work in. His uncle has never returned so he stayed working in the clock tower. One day, he gets accused for theft and the manager of the toy store at the station takes his notebook. On the quest to get the notebook back, Hugo stumbles across and girl. Together they go on an adventure to figure out how they can put a robot together and what it means.


Hugo was a truly visually stunning film. It deserved the cinematography oscar by 100 percent. The colours and the camera angles were so amazing and really conveyed so much aspects of the film. This really empathized the personalties of some of the characters and what was going on, without the need to talk. The visual effects were amazing as well and really realistic.

The characters in the movie were really well devolped and so was the plot of the movie. Overall this movie was one of the best movies that came out in 2011 and I would reccommend this movie to anyone of any age and any gender. This movie was truly magicial. A

Sunday, 4 March 2012

This Means War- Review



Everyone loves action, the cool idea of secret agents fighting. Why not add a little romance in the mix? This is the movie this means war. This is going to be a short review because I can't review many aspects of this film.

This Means War is a film about 2 secret agents. They happen to be best friends, one having a younger son and the other being a player. When they both stumble across Lauren, they go into a dramatic fight to see who she will choose, and risking their friendship on the way.

First I would like to say, This Means War was really funny. It had great humour in both good ways and bad ways. The twist with lots of the violence made it really cool to watch. The acting was really funny and the 3 leads played the role really well.

Overall This Means War was a faced paced action filled comedy, although cheesy at points it still was watchable and had some great laughs. B-

Friday, 24 February 2012

Extremely Loud Incredibly Close- Review

Imagine life from your perspective as a child. Everything was in detail, your feet when "pumping" on a swing, the tap water dripping, every little detail in life was magnetized to a big extent. This can prove good, or bad.




Extremely Loud Incredibly Close is a film about a boy,with a keen sense of intelligence and logic. He needs to have an explanation of everything, the world around him. His father always sets up a expedition to hunt for clues. But when his father dies in 9/11, he finds and key. He then goes on a search for the lock.

This movie is jammed packed with stars from head to toe. Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn and Sandra Bullock star, just to name a few. The acting in this movie was incredible. The role that Thomas Horn played was a very difficult role to play and he played it flawlessly. I was 100% convinced that he was the character, nothing seemed forced in his acting. I cannot stress how good the acting was, Sandra Bullock (as always) played an amazing character and portrayed the moms feelings well. Tom Hanks and Max Von Sydow were a couple of other amazing performances in the film.




The cinematography was flawless. The use of lighting and camera angles was to the fullest extent. These shots, expressed so much feeling and emotions and really gave you the story in the point of view of the kid, it added so much and created so much messages in the movie.


The only thing I didn't really like was the boys character. I found it was really hard to sympathize with him and relate to what he was going through by his actions. The way he spoke to adults some of the time was just awful. He was so bossy and had some really weird traits.


Another thing was , there wasn't really a target audience for this movie. I mean to say is that it would only attract a certain audience. The theme, is too mature for kids. I have to warn you, there are some really mature parts. This kid has some real issues, that I wouldn't recommend a kid to watch. The storyline, is pretty mature but it has that kiddy ,charm to it, so it will only attract a certain amount of adults. I can guarantee you, if you cry a lot, you will cry your head off during this movie. 


Overall, Extremely Loud Incredibly Close is a great movie. Its like one of those math tests, prefect, but there are small mistakes that didn't necessarily need to be in the movie, and that if they weren't there, would make an amazing movie. B+ 

Sunday, 19 February 2012

Big Miracle Review



 Big Miracle is a film starring John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore. It is based on a true story that took place in a small town in Alaska. It is about 3 whales a mother, father and baby which are trapped in the ice and only have days to survive. Together, they spread the word to help save the whales.

Out of the wide range of movies that I have watched, Big Miracle stands out. Not just because of the interesting and true to life story, but because it is a movie that evoked all my emotions.

I was impressed with everything that this movie had to offer. It had a great plot that moved very swiftly throughout the movie. I was not bored throughout the story and it was very interesting. The film also had a very light tone to it, it didn't seem so depressing although the plot of it was a very sad idea. What I mean to say by this is that, you were not sad the whole time.

The acting was the cherry on top of a great movie. I was so impressed with everyones performance in the movie, they seemed to really put their heart and souls into the characters that they played. I was particularly impressed with Drew Barrymores performance in the movie. She played her character so well and was amazing in that role.

Big Miracle was a inspiring film. It is perfect for any type of audience from environmentalists to kids. It will make you laugh, cry and everything in between. A

Thursday, 2 February 2012

I could not be happier.... Ever

So I found out that my results for my audition are coming today.... So I rushed home uttering "oh my god, oh my god" the whole time. I was so nervous to see what my results would be and was freaking out the whole time. I got home, rushed to the mailbox opened the letter and then. It was there.

I GOT IN. A wash of happiness went over me. I started to cry, I started to laugh. This was my goal for 2 years. Ever since grade 3 I wanted to be in the film industry and this has began my path! Thank you to all my readers and friends and family who have helped me get to this incredible moment. Thank you.

Sunday, 1 January 2012

Happy New Year

I just want to wish my readers a happy new year! Hope your new year is going to be great and i hope you keep those resolutions!

Another thing: a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit japan last night. I wish hope to the people who lost loved ones and I hope it gets better.

Thursday, 29 December 2011

The Darkest Hour Review



I didn't expect much from the darkest hour, I expected it to be one of those run around thrillers like Shark Night where everyone dies, and it went along with my expectations.

The Darkest Hour is about when aliens attack Moscow, Russia. When 4 Americans visiting stumble on each other, they quickly race into survival, doing whatever it takes to get back to America.

I have to admit, The Darkest Hour was nothing special, i am done watching it and i probably won't watch it again. The story isn't that original, it reminded me a lot of The Happenning.

Another thing I have to critique is the characters. These characters had no depth, and no personalities to them. It was just like they were just there. They didn't even react to the situation how we would react.

A good thing about this movie is that it is action packed. There was never one dull moment in the movie and I wasn't board at all. It was a thrill ride, not that great in cinema, but during the movie you had fun. Thats what I think matters. B

Thursday, 22 December 2011

New Years Eve Review



Think of New Years Eve as an info commercial. To draw your attention to the product, a lot of advertising was used. New Line Cinema added 15 major stars, a big name director and a commercial on every T.V show and wham! New Years Eve became a hit.

New Years Eve is sort of like a sequel to the movie "Valentines Day", but with different stars and a different plot. New Years Eve takes place in the busy new york on one of the busiest days of the year. It covers different peoples stories of how they found love on the big night. 

I dont understand why I decided to see New Years Eve, maybe out of curiosity of how bad it was going to be, how a movie could be even worse than Valentines Day ( Which I walked out of). But I came out of the theatre pleasantly surprised.

New Years Eve isn't the best Holiday movie, but it beat Valentines day by far. New Years Eve is like a 2 hour T.V show. It is always jumping around to different parts of the big city to cover peoples stories of how they are handling New Years Eve. The jumping around is actually quite annoying but useful, it helps you stay in focus with the movie,but it is just so annoying!

The filmmaking and writing was pretty sloppy and strange. First of.... It was really trying to sell New York City in a way. Part of it seemed like a walking advertisement for the big apple. Also, the characters lack feeling, I was never able to sympathize with some of the characters, but the actors did the best they could and their acting wasn't as bad as some people have said. After all it is a comedy!

New Years Eve overall is a movie that a lot of people would rather not see. But if you are going out with your girlfriends, you might enjoy it. If offers plenty of small, cheesy giggles and it will help you warm up to the holiday cheer. But it is still annoying. B-

Saturday, 17 December 2011

Rant on Bullying

Why did you just say that? Why did you just do that? I don't understand. Why does it make you happy to put someone down? One small thing you said could've meant the world to someone. So..... Why did you do that?

Out 0f 35 countries why is Canada 9th on the list? Why?. 15-22% of children report being bullied. What is 15% of 5.6 million? A lot.

One in 10 adults report their children being cyberbullied. You know how many that is?

The worst of it. If a person who witnesses the bullying intervenes, The bullying can be stopped in 10 seconds.


10 seconds. Thats all it takes. 10 seconds. Then why aren't the rates of bullying going down?  You can save a life.

BULLYING HURTS
I AM A DO SOMETHING PERSON
I WILL STAND UP AND NOT STAND BY
I CARE, I CAN HELP, I CAN CHANGE THINGS


( I am going to make a video soon on this)

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

You know its the holidays when...

You walk into your moms room and your mom hides a bag and yells at you to go away.



Finding a parking spot at a mall is the best feeling ever.


All you hear on the radio are christmas songs


When store lineups seem to last an eternity




When you suddenly develop a craving for hot chocolate everyday





And when you find yourself counting down the days until break.
Like me.
now.
:D


Just want to wish you guys an early happy holidays and break the news that I now have 190 followers on twitter!!! So HAPPY EARLY HOLIDAYS!!!

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

A little taste of my week

You know what? This week has been super packed let me explain what has been happening:

Monday:
Tuesday: Health Project Due
Wednesday: Concert Rehearsals + English project due
Thursday: More concerts
Friday: History + Science due


First things first, I did not mean to procrastinate. Well I didn't procrastinate... My assignments were on time. I just don't enjoy Presenting them to the class. Despite my French accent that sounds english ( I have got over 3 people telling me that), its more of a nerve factor considering I'm presenting history. I actually called John A Macdonald fat by accident in french (No wonder the teacher was laughing).

See this is how my procrastination works, I think and I multitask. I always get it done , to the best quality but it takes longer because of the multitasking. See, photography, blogging, twittering, moviemaking and Facebooking seem to interest me more than the current project. But my mom happens to see me not doing the task at hand and this makes her think that I am procrastinating. Which I'm not.

Anyway, the dear winter concert. I am in band. We do lots of rehearsals. But dear Kassy, you want to be involved way to much and think that being in Free The Children, Book Club, Eco club (3 times a week), Library monitors, Band, Being a eco rep, Stage Crew (setting up for band) is not enough. You just have to join the soloists in the concert and play along with the choir on your beautiful clarinet ( Which sounds flat btw).

On top of that, I have to read 5 books for forest of reading. I have already finished Dear Geroge Cloony, please marry my mom and am currently working on DUST CITY.

So Kassy, you have to get back to what you do best, "procrastinate" because when the time comes you are going to hand in your beautiful lab report with the shiny cover and say to yourself: ' Aren't I glad I handed this in?'.

Woah Kassy! That made NO SENSE!!

Sunday, 11 December 2011

Christmas Playlist

Just wanted to share my imix playlist with you! Its going to be up soon on iTunes, so then you can check it out! Check me out on ping!

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Bullying.





I just saw this video via Love is Louder and I wish him hope. People shouldn't be bullied and I don't understand why people are. It affects everyones lives. Do we really want to affect someones life and make them cry like this? Cut? . To this boy in the video: Stay Strong. You have a life ahead of you. These bullies will be begging on their knees for forgiveness. Stand Tall

All humans should be treated the same, why should someone be picked on? I don't understand but this kind of bullying disgusts me. It should end.

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Spotlight on...Catherine Hardwicke

I would just like to do a little spotlight on Catherine Hardwicke, for those who don't know, she is a director of some major movies like Thirteen, Twilight and Red Riding Hood. After watching some of her films, I have come to learn that she has a certain directing style, that brung her into the spotlight.



Her distinctive style is a love or hate. She often shows scenery, it is an important aspect of her films. She often gives- kind of like a 360 on everything that happens. I happen to enjoy this style. You can tell if she did a movie without even knowing. 

She also uses lots of Canadian scenery (We Canadian's are pretty special), she shot in Canada for both Twilight and Red Riding Hood.

She is also a woman director, that is pretty cool because a fair majority of directors tend to be men, so its good that she is in the spotlight.

Authur Christmas Review

Everyone wants to get into the Christmas Spirit , by blasting some music, by decorating the christmas tree or by dancing to jingle bell rock. But watching Authors christmas, really can get you into that holiday spirit.




Authurs Christmas offers the big actor "James Macavoy" to play the lead as the too skinny, too jolly Authur. Santa's son. After the big Christmas night, Authur discovers that Santa missed a child so he embarks on a journey with his grandfather to set things right.

Authur's Christmas offers up a fresh taste on the typical Christmas movie. It puts our modern day tech into the place of Christmas and changes around Santa's whole role in the events.

Another thing that makes this movie good is the humour. I have to say, my dad and I were laughing our heads off at some of the parts, especially the grand Santa one liners. This movie is just so funny and keeps you smiling and filled with the holiday cheer. 

I don't really have much to say about this movie, nothing really bad. Except for the fact that the movie makes Santa look really Lazy ;). But he's not lazy! This movie is perfect, and I mean perfect for adults and children alike. Heck, even adults by themselves would like this movie! A

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Breaking Dawn Part One Review



There are a lot of things I don't understand in life, and Twilight is one of them. Its gotten teens all over America in fights- Team Jacob and Team Edward. But really? What is is about?

The saga continues in the 2-parter Breaking Dawn part 1. Bella gets prepared to Marry the 106 year old Edward- her love for life. Jacob Black, as expected is not happy. But they get married anyway. On their honeymoon, lets just say that "Things" happen that shouldn't happen. Well, Bella is pregnant. Wonderful, a vampire baby is on the way.

The first thing I didn't understand was Jacobs outburst at the beginning of the movie. I mean you love Bella, but why are you running like crazy? I read the book, and Jacob's character seems to be a lot different then they made him in the movies. 

This movie was a bit slow, but it was paced well. Jacob seemed to be angry most of the time.

Bellas makeup was done really well. When she was pregnant, she looked like an old woman without the wrinkles and it was really scary and cool.

The ending- I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO END THAT WAY!!! Woah that was intense, seriously. Now, I want to see the next movie!

Overall Breaking Dawn is a movie for teens and woman. I wouldn't recommend someone who doesn't like paranormal movies to even get within 5 metres of the theatre. Why would you see a movie that doesn't interest you? C



Friday, 18 November 2011

Jack & Jill Review



Just in time for the holiday season, the new "Happy Madison" picture "Jack and Jill" comes waltzing into theatres. A week later, it is receiving awful reviews about how cheesy it is. After seeing it, I can tell you the good and bad things about it.

The first thing, its kinda cheesy. The jokes are mostly pee pee jokes and they might not appeal to an older audience. Except for the few that are too lets say "Adult" for the younger kids, and trust me. They will know what they mean.

The second thing, it wasn't awful. This movie is just like the other sander movies, so why are people saying awful things about it? There is a clear moral and it makes kids want to appreciate their family more and be careful about what they say. It also makes them wish they had twins (haha).

Thirdly, it was kinda confusing. A lot of men came in and out of Jills life that kids had trouble catching on. Also, how would someone get off of a cruise ship and come back home in an hour??

Jack and Jill is a family movie, but is not a family movie. It is good for all age groups. It has a clear moral and lots of laughs along the way. Sandler's acting will make kids laugh like crazy, as adults you will just have to wait and see about that. C+

Thursday, 17 November 2011

The Hunger Games Official Trailer: Thoughts.

When I found out the trailer came out on Monday, I had nothing to do but rush over to the computer to watch the highly anticipated video. The teaser was great- but I really wanted to see more of the characters and more of the personalities portrayed in the film.


The beginning shows Katniss and Gale. I remember that scene from the book. It was so amazing, the friendship that Katniss and Gale had. They portrayed it perfectly.  Then they showed Effie, her makeup and everything was just as I imagined it to be.

When Prims name was pulled out, Katnisses reaction was gold. Jennifer put her shoes into Katnisses boots and did the exact reaction that I imagined it to be. The hope that she wouldn't be hurt and the anger she felt at the capital. Lawrence showed it all, and showed it perfectly.

I didn't imagine that Cinna would look like that.But he seemed to be playing it pretty well. I also saw the glimpse of the capitol and the show that Katniss was on. The tributes looked pretty dead on to me. I was upset that I didn't see Clove (Isabelle Furhman) or Foxface ( Jackie Emerson) because I really wanted to see what they would look like.

Now Peeta, there were lots of complaints about the actor who played him, but I have seen Josh Hutcherson act- and he can pull it off. From what I saw in this trailer, it is confirmed. 




I think that the actors and the writers will carry the true nature of the book to The Hunger Games movie. What do you think?






Thursday, 10 November 2011

Florence + The Machine "Ceremonials" Review

I am obsessing over this album! It is stunning! I have been listening to it for a week! I love the melodies to "All this and heaven to", and "Never let me go". Florence dominates this album with her powerhouse voice and writing skills! Every song on this album is enjoyable! Its even better than the first one (which is pretty hard to beat!)






If you love alternative and enjoy songs that mean something, I would recommend to get this album!!



Monday, 7 November 2011

Greyson, you amaze me.

You are one year older than me and you communicate about issues, like bullying and other problems. I love this song. You are able to tell people that you can stand up when people bully you.

Friday, 28 October 2011

From Bad To Cursed Book Trailer

My friend and I were both looking at good books to read, then we came across the BAD GIRLS DONT DIE series. We both frantically placed the holds for it at the library and looked at the book trailers. We even looked at it for the 2nd book!

From BAD TO CURSED has such an amazing trailer-it didn't give away anything about the book and it was just so well done. Zendeya does such a great job acting in it and really puts herself in the shoes of her character! Can't wait to read this series by Katie Alender!


Entertainment Weekend

This weekend is an entertainment weekend for sure!!! Starting 2 movies that i REALLY want to see are coming out: Anonymous and In Time . Words cannot express how EXCITED I am to see Anonymous, since I didn't get to see it at TIFF!! This director is amazing! 


As for In Time, I would just like to see how Hollywood works with the new concept and how all these big actors and actresses will be playing roles in it! It also just looks cool!


Anyway thats just a heads up on some movies coming out this weekend and for the kids, Puss in boots hits theatres!! 


Happy Halloween!

Monday, 24 October 2011

Once Upon A Time- Review





Once Upon A Time seemed like it was going to be a hit right from the get-go. The whole fairy-tale concept would draw in both audiences adult and children. Adding the fact that it is from the powerhouse writers of lost- Woah. But is the show really as good as everyone says it is?


I have to say, the first episode was a little slow. It seemed to drag on. At the beginning it is Emmas birthday, she then finds her son that she gave birth to 10 years ago and gave away for adoption. He begs her not to take him back to his home, because of his awful mom. But she unwillingly gives him a drive home. He has a fairy tale book with him and claims that "Storybrook" is a town filled with fairy tale characters and that time is frozen by the Evil Queen. 


This episode we see a lot of flashbacks on the past, to make it clearer for us to understand. These flashbacks will be featured in a lot of the episodes. I do find it takes a while for her to figure things out. I mean slow.


So overall, this show is not a lot like Lost. I didn't expect it to be. I think that if this show continues the way it is-it might just get a second season.

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Had an awesome weekend!

I am having an awesome weekend! Taking tons of photos with my camera! I went to Stayner where there were all these cool stores and I went to Downtown Collingwood! I will post some photos on my Flickr account on Sunday/Monday.

Just wanted to say that I made a photography blog- where I will post some awesome photos that inspire me and some of my photography experiences and the feelings that you feel when you use a camera and how it produces different emotions. The blog address is kassy98photography.wordpress.com.

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Stars-Dead Hearts

I was on youtube yesterday and watching the trailer for Like Crazy (So Excited for that) and I found the name of the song at the beginning. Its called Dead Hearts and its by Stars.







I love this song!!

Such a beautiful song, I love it! There is so much more when you just listen to the whole song instead of the one at the beginning of the trailer!!!

Monday, 17 October 2011

Real Steel Review


Everything about Real Steel seemed filled with stardom. Hugh Jackman starring as the main character, the superb special effects and the futuristic plot. But what realy impacted my thoughts on this movie was the feeling it gave me throughout.

Real Steel is about Charlie (Hugh Jackman) who was a pro boxer, then the whole idea of the games changed. Instead of humans boxing, robots began to box. Charlie loses everything because of his high bets. Everything changed when he had to spend the summer with his sonm Max. Max has a high interest on the robot boxing as well, first Charlie is annoyed. Then when Max finds a robot that happens to work, (ADOM) they work together to repair it and get it ready to box.

Hugh Jackman played his character really well. He conveyed the way the character felt to the audience and I thought that was really important. He seemed to put his heart into the character. Max, was played really good as well.

The plot was well done- but I wouldn't say it was an action movie. Although the plot was lacking some action, I thought it was still heartfelt and interesting. The thing that annoyed me was Max, a some times it seemed like he was a bit of a brat. I just didn't like the way he NEEDED to get what he wanted all the time.

Real Steel is a perfect family movie. The whole family will enjoy it for various reasons, adults will enjoy it. Kids will enjoy it and its a win-win choice. Like it or not Real Steel will be a classic because of its timelessness and style. Expect people to be popping it into their blu-ray players in years to come. B+

Sunday, 16 October 2011

50/50 Review



50/50 is a bittersweet comedy about a 27 year old who gets Cancer, and his struggle with friends, family and love along the way. 

The thing that drew me to it was that it was based on a true story- something like this actually happened and it is happening right now. But instead of looking at it in a bad way- all the good parts are squeezed out of this event-Cancer.

This film could've been horrible because of its mix in-between emotions, happiness and sadness. But the director and cast seemed to balance out the feelings in this movie.Rogan's character was probably my favourite in this movie because of his ability to cheer up Adam.

I really did enjoy the way this film was shot, every shot seemed to carry emotion to me in several different ways. The different style of focusing the camera. The closeups on the actors or actresses. That type of technique was different than what we are used too and it was good.

I enjoyed the script and the dialogue. The movie was not unrealistic, but not too "Close to life". It had something that made you feel good "In between the lines". It would;t have been the great movie it was without the great job of the actors and actresses. There wasn't one character that I wasn't disappointed in. The characters were real and seemed to carry their emotions and feelings to us, the audience.

50/50 is a movie about beating the odds, but its so much more than that. Its a movie about family,friendship and coping with sudden disasters. Its about making mistakes and falling in love. This is what makes it a good movie, it covers all of that but with humour. And Heart. A

Friday, 14 October 2011

The Secret Circle Takes A Dark And Scary Turn




After the last episode of The Secret Circle ,  I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch it again! It was SO scary. But I stayed with the series and watched the new episode Slither. I am surprised.

I am not going to say it got any less scary, but the twists and turns that this episode had were spellbinding.Starting, the show establishes itself as its own from this episode on, not some Vampire Diaries runner up. It has enough romance and action, plus mystery, just like The Vampire Diaries , but it is just a little more mature. Saying this, the shows twists and turns changed the way I thought of it forever. New people were introduced and characters were built on. The actors and actresses true acting abilities were showcased in this episode.

The Secret Circle has become one of my favourite T.V shows right now. I am going to keep watching, for sure.

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

So many movies... So little time

So a little update on this week. I have been busy,busy,busy. With not a lot to post about for that because I haven't seen much movies in the past 2 weeks... I took lots of photos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassy98/ )... Anyway. Gonna watch the Sixth Sense soon. SSOOO EXCITED!! M Night is amazing!!!

Anyway did anyone see the latest episode of The Secret Circle? Do you think it might've been called "Too Intense" or do you think that it was just perfect. Some people thought that it was too intense. I was creeped out but not SO SCARED!

I have english homework. Learning a lot about the elements in stories. I will be able to apply some of this into my future reviews soon.

Hopefully this weekend I will see 50/50. Looks really good and funny! I love Film Festival Movies!! I also need to see Martha Marcy May Marlene. Looks so good! But I have to ask my parents. Im not going to any 14a/18a movie without their approval.

So got to go! Gonna be updating my Flickr as much as I can with some awesome photos!!!! BYEEEEEE!!

Sunday, 9 October 2011

Music Overload!

So this weekend I spent approximately $7.14 on music. Yes, I was in a music-e-y mood. Here are the singles and songs that I got.


Shake It Out
Florence & The Machine 


Florence is truly amazing. Her voice is unique and distintable. Her songs are very powerful, my favourite being Cosmic Love, this song has a very powerful melody to it. It also is energetic enough. A great song worth buying!!












Domino
Jessie J

This song is such a great jumping up and down song. It makes you be in a good mood, but its not too electric and receptive. I know Jessie J can sing. Thats enough for me















If I Die Young
The Band Perry


I love new bands- and this is one of them. With their first- huge country hit called "If I die young" , this band has a good start. It is really catchy, calming and these singers have good voices.








Just a kiss
Lady Antebellum

Lady Antebellum is an incredible country band- just a kiss really shows off their voices together in a nice, sweet song. 












Remind Me (Ft Carrie Underwood)
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood



I bought this song because the tune was catchy and it was part of the 69 cents iTunes special.Carrie Underwood is incredible- as always and they sound wonderful together.










Nothing
The Script

This song is depressing- but The Script is such a fresh break from some of the songs these days. Breakeven, For The First Time and Nothing are my favourite songs from them.

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Steve Jobs

Lately I have heard that Steve Jobs has passed away. He was a great, brilliant man. The thing that bugs me is that we should appreciate him for who he is not just his company. I do love apple products, but that doesn't mean I'm going around saying that "Apple will fan"l.Apple was a team effort, Steve Jobs may have been a huge part in creating Apple, but more than one person made the iPod, iPad and iMac. Lets remember Steve Jobs on his own. RIP STEVE.

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Scream 4 Review- in 2 paragraphs

Today is the day Scream 4 comes out on DVD! Here is a short review for it!

I have to say, Scream 4 was the best Scream I have watched, I have only watched the first one though, but it was way more suspenseful, humorous and well- less predictable than the first. Why? Because its been what- 10 years?



First of all, the music was remastered- I could tell the change of music and tunes from the first one to this one. Second of all- the lighting and camera angles were done better then the first, therefore making each person a suspect in the movie, thats what lighting can do. Thirdly the whole idea was different- I had NO idea who the killer was the whole time!!!

Scream 4 is a must see for Slasher fans and for sleepovers, I would say, I would love to see this movie with my friends! But generally, its not the best movie you would want to watch, its more of a fun movie, but I wouldn't say it wasn't worth my time.