Where the hell have I been??

Hey hey guys. Some of you may be wondering where I've been or some of you don't care. In today's post I will be explaining what's been going on. 

So as some of you may know I told you guys back in December I was starting a new blog which I did for like a month. It was going well but I didn't enjoy it so much. I had ideas of whether I should come back to do movieswithshanene or just stop blogging completely. But I didn't want to because blogging was a hobby for me where I could relax and express my opinions. 

My two best friends and I had ideas of doing a blog and youtube together but we kind of said we would wait because we each had our own things going on. 

In early January we decided we would start a blog and youtube together. We knew we were ready and we knew it would help us become closer than we already are. We've known each other for 6 years nearly 7 years soon. 

At the start of march everything came together and we became Life of NYC! We've only been doing this for three weeks but honestly it's the best thing for us ever. 

I'm still doing my movieswithshanene segments because I would never want to lose that ever! 

So that's pretty much what I'm doing and why nothing has been explained yet! If you have any questions to ask me feel free to ask me them! I'll post the link to my new blog and youtube with my bffs and explain what we do in my next post. Adios amigos- Shanene 

Big announcement

Hey hey guys! So you are probably wondering why on earth I haven't posted in SOOOOOOO long. That's because I have been making a new blog! Yes, that's right I've been making a new blog It's going to be called "Shanene that's me". I will explain what I will being doing on it closer to the time which will be in a week or so. If you guys are wondering if I will still be doing "Movieswithshanene" and continuing to do my movie reviews every Saturday, I will.................................. tell you guys next week. I want to hear from you guys if you enjoy my reviews and want me to continue them or if you think that they are boring and I should not do them on my new blog, tell me in the comments, your opinion would help me a lot, and who knows I could mention you on my new blog. I'll be telling you more next week and if I am doing the reviews or not. I don't think I will be posting a new review. I'll see y'all next week and don't forget to comment! 

         xoxo Shanene 

Catching Fire

Hey hey guys so as I already told y'all I was doing The Hunger Games and Catching Fire as Mockingjay-Part 1 is coming out soon. So today I'll be posting Catching Fire. I hope you guys enjoy it and don't forget to comment down below what you thought of the movie if you have seen it or if you haven't, what do you expect to see. 

Genre 

Action, Adventure, 

Age 

PG-13 

Plot 

Katniss Everdeen has survived her first Hunger Games and is living a luxurious life in the Victors Village with her mum and Prim. Things have changed for Katniss, she doesn't have to worry that her sister will die of starvation, she has a new lover and her and Gale have started to separate. 

      Katniss thinks that she is safe but since it's the 75th Hunger Games things are about to change. This year the existing victors from each District will be reaped again. As Katniss is the only female to have won in District 12 she knows that she will be going back again. Katniss is more afraid of the fact that she might be in the arena again with Peeta or with Haymitch. She begs Haymitch to protect Peeta if he gets in. 

         In this game we meet lots of interesting new characters like Finnick and Johanna. 

        Will Katniss survive once again? How will Catching Fire end? 

Cast 

Jennifer Lawrence

Josh Hutcherson 

Liam Hemsworth 

Woody Harelson

Elizabeth Banks 

Donald Sutherland 

Sam Claffin 

Jena Malone 

Willow Shields 

Philip Seymour Hoffman 

Director

Franics Lawrence 

Review 

This movie is so freakin amazing. I was sooooooooo surprised by how good it was compared to the first movie. Franics did an AMAZING job as the new director. Even though Gary did do a great job on  The Hunger Games, he didn't do as good as Franics. The graphics were amazing you couldn't tell when there was a green screen, acting was amazing. I really enjoyed seeing the charecter developments from the first movie to this one. He just did such a good job that I was mind-blow after watching it. He kept the important scenes and made it even more important, but he did forget the Bonnie and Twill scene in the woods. Everything else was perfection! 

Rating 

I'm giving The Hunger Games: Catching Fire a number so big that we could count our whole lives and stil wouldn't get there. 

I hope you enjoyed this weeks blog post and I can't wait to write a review on Mockingjay. Even though it is coming out this week, I'm seeing it next week because I have exams so it would be a nice way to celebrate them being done!! Don't forget to comment what your thought was on my review and I won't be posting next week because of exams but I will be posting the week after. 

   See y'all soon. 

To the hunger games and beyond

Hey hey guys! I hope y'all are doing fine! So this month I'm going to do something different (not really that different), since Mockingjay- Part 1 is coming out in 2 weeks I have decided that I am going to do the Hunger Games review this week and the Catching Fire Review next week, which will lead up to the Mockingjay-Part 1 review! I hope you guys enjoy this post and sorry that it's shorter than usual and it's late I've been really busy with my exams so I apologise in advanced if my posts are late in the coming weeks. After my exams are done my posts will not be as short. Hope you enjoy! 

The Hunger Games

Genre 

Fiction, adventure, 

Age

PG-13 

Plot 

Katniss Everdeen lives in District 12 with her sister Prim and Mrs.Everdeen. She hunts everday with her best friend Gale. 

     This year is the 74th Hunger Games, and every girl and boy aged 12-18 from District 1-12 must have their names entered into the reaping. 

       Against all odds Prim is chosen as the girl tribute for District 12. Katniss volunteers for her sister Prim. Peeta Mellark is chosen as the boy tribute. 

      All 24 tributes must go through training and interviews before the games begin but only one must live. Katniss will do anything to stay alive but will she give up? 

Cast 

Jennifer Lawrence 

Josh Hutcherson 

Liam Hemsworth 

Elizabeth Banks 

Woody Harelson 

Willow Shields 

Lenny Kravitz 

Donald Sutherland 

Stanley Tucci 

Director 

Gary Ross 

Review 

This is one of my favourite movies of all time. What really grasped me about this book is the whole concept. I like the plot of the books and I was very happy that

they decided to make a movie. The only thing I do have to say is that there were a lot of important scenes from the book that they didn't include in the movie. 

*Spoiler* They didn't include Madge which was the one who was supposed to give Katniss the pin, Peeta's fake leg, the interview at the very end before they were supposed to leave, that was when Katniss found out about Peeta's leg. And most of all I really wanted to see Haymitch fall of the stage at the reaping. The visual affects were also not as good as I wanted it to be, you could tell when they were using a green screen sometimes, but overall it was ok for a first movie. 

Rate

I'm giving The Hunger Games at 4 out of 5, it lost a mark because of the scenes  and the affects weren't as good as I wanted them to be. 

Movie news 

This is some exciting movie news. I think on Thursday or Friday it was announced that there will be a (drumroll please)............... Toy story 4. Yes you read that right there will be a Toy Story 4 being relased in June 2017. Even though I'm not a little kid anymore I'm still excited to see what the plot of Toy Story 4 will be! Are you guys excited for this or not? Tell me why in the comments. 

Movie Premiere 

Tomorrow is November 10th and that means that the world premier of Mockingjay- Part 1 will be in London again. (Fangirls). Are you excited for this or not? The livestream will be on Yahoo Uk at 5.30pm GMT and when it starts I'll post a link on here and on my twitter. Are you any of you guys going to the premiere or watching the livestream? Tell me in the comments! 

   That's all for this weeks blog post, I hope you enjoyed it! Don't forget to comment below and I'll see y'all next week! 

  

Did you see the Grievers in the car on that poster?!

Happy November!!! October was filled with amazing movies and crap movies, so much movie news came out that month, but hopefully we get even more news this month. In my post today I'm doing my top 5 movies for November, talking about new posters that were released, a trailer was also released about my halloween costume and lastly a movie review on yes FINALLY The Maze Runner! Hope you enjoy and don't forget to comment. 

Top 5 for November

5. Dumb and Dumber To

http://youtu.be/HMxwcRck9TI 

4. Big Hero 6

http://youtu.be/z3biFxZIJOQ 

3. Paradise Lost 

http://youtu.be/2iQxYdIo0E0 

2.Interstellar 

http://youtu.be/zSWdZVtXT7E 

1. Mockingjay- Part 1 

http://youtu.be/3PkkHsuMrho 

These are my top 5 movies for November! You gotta have a comedy movie you want to see each month and mine is Dumb and Dumber To. It seems so stupid that it's funny and if you have Jim and Jeff in the same movie, you know it's gonna be a weird one. 

           I also have an animation it's Big Hero 6. It's by Disney! This movie is all kinds of weird what really makes it interesting and funny is you have a villain and then you have this huge ballon or whatever it is who doesn't really know what to do. He is programmed to be a smart creation but turns out to be not so smart. I'm really excited to see what Big Hero 6 will bring to the screen. 

          I have a Drama movie. It's Paradise Lost. It has a story line that I haven't seen before and it really gripped my attention. The acting is amazing and the setting. Josh deserves an oscar for his acting. The whole concept seems interesting. 

       I have two adventure and action movies on my list. I have Interstellar and Mockingjay- Part 1. When I first saw the Interstellar trailer while seeing Divergent, I remember thinking to myself "what on earth" but I watched the trailer again and it seems so interesting. The whole plot is interesting, they know the earth is coming to an end so they decide to go out into space to see whether there is human life beyond the Galaxy. It's hard to explain how good I think it is. I'm super excited to see if it lives up to my expectations. Mockingjay- Part 1 will be the death of me. The TV spots and this trailer will have be crying my eyes out. 

Movie Review 

So FINALLY I saw The Maze Runner yesterday. I got to see it with my two bffs for my bffs birthday. It was better than I expected. It was AMAZING. It had me wishing the second one would hurry up already. 

Genre 

Science Fiction, Dystopia 

Age 

PG-13 

Plot 

Thomas awakes in this box. He does not remember his name, how he got here and why he is here. Once out of the box he finds himself in this big huge like farm but it's the Glade, with other boys. Thomas is confused and alone. Chuck and Newt help him in his first couple of days in The Glade. When Thomas is told that there is a Maze behind the doors that seperate the Maze and the Glade, Thomas is curious to go into the Maze. When Gally and Alby tell him that he is not to go as he is a newbie, Thomas tries everything that is possible to become a runner. When an event happens with Alby and Minho, Thomas takes that as an advantage.

            Along this journey a surprise arrives for the Gladers, enemies are made, things go caotic at night and Thomas and everyone must find a way to get out of this Maze or they are in for a treat!

Cast

Dylan O' Brien

Ki Hong Lee

Thomas Brodie-Sangster 

Will Poulter  

Kaya Scodelario

Aml Ameen 

Blake Cooper 

Director 

Wes Ball

Review 

I loved The Maze Runner. I wish it was longer but I like the way even though the movie was short they kept the really important scenes but made it shorter. There were a lot of changes which I didn't really like. SPOILER ALERT**

Gally was supposed to be taken by a Griever and then the people left surviving were supposed to see him at WICKED headquarters. They didn't show them at the hospital near the end and that's when Tersa tells Thomas that wicked is good. Alby was supposed to die in the maze when everyone was going to escape. They were supposed to type in letters to escape not numbers. The list goes on. 

       The graphics and effects were AMAZING, the Grievers look really good better than I expected. We get to see the Scorch near the end. The Scorch looks surreal. I really enjoyed the way that the epilogue of The Maze Runner was kept in the movie and we get to see Ava Paige after the fake accident. We got to see James. Overall I really enjoyed it, I just wish it was longer. 

Rating 

I'm giving The Maze Runner a 4 out of 5. It's losing a mark because it was too short. 

Halloween night

Halloween was pretty fun for me. There was Katniss,Tris, Christina, Prim, an angel and a zombie. I dressed up as Katniss! 

       I was deciding whether or not I should wear her reaping outfit or the one she wore into her first games, so I decided to wear what she wore in the first games. I wore dark green jeans, a black top with a catching fire symbol on it (yes I know it doesn't have the hunger games symbol on it) and a leather jacket with leather boots and your pin ( WHICH I LOST SOMEHOW, JAYSUS). If I were suggesting this for next year if you want to wear it I would have worn a backpack like what Katniss has for all her equipment and also make a bow, we didn't make one as the weather wasn't as good as we would have liked it to be. It was raining and it was dark. The weather made it tiring but it was so fun. 

     If you are wearing a pin you should be careful that it does not fall off or not wear one at all. 

     What did you guys dress up as? How was your halloween experience? Did you stay home or go trick or treating? 

Scary movies

When it's halloween do you guys watch horror movies or is too much for you to handle? My best friends and I watched Zombieland with Emma Stone and Woody Harelson and Jesse Eisenberg. I'll be doing a review on it some time soon, so I won't go into that much detail about it. Zombieland isn't that scary it's funny at the same time and the zombies aren't as scary as I would have expected. I enjoyed it, I'm not a big fan of scary movies I HATE them, I get nightmares and I get scared so easily so I avoid them. This was my first scary movie. It wasn't really that scary but anyways. I would recommend it, if you want to watch a movie that is scary but has humour in it. 

Insurgent Posters 

Not too long ago eight posters for the sequel to Divergent, Insurgent were released. The cool thing about these posters were they came with a clip, of them forming. These posters had that 3D look, because Insurgent will be in cinemas in 2D and 3D. I don't have a favourite out of all of them but what made me think was why do they have Max in it. I don't care about Max I would have preferred if it was a Marlene poster. I'm glad that Uriah is in the movie though, he's one of my favourite characters so I am very excited to see what Keiynan will bring to this charecter. 

Fast and Furious 7

Yesterday the Fast and Furious 7 trailer was released!! Here's the link for anyone who hasn't seen it yet or wants to watch it again. http://youtu.be/Skpu5HaVkOc

I haven't watched any of the fast and furious movies. The trailer seems exciting and exhilarating. Tell me your opinion on the trailer!

That's all for this week, I hope you enjoyed my VERY long blog post. I can't wait to do even more reviews for some of the movies coming out this month!! Don't forget to comment and see y'all next week. 

No strings attached...

Hey Hey guys, I hope y'all are doing fine. Today on my post I will be doing a review on Legally blond 2: Red, White and Blonde and also I will be talking about the new Avengers: Age of Ultron teaser trailer. I hope you guys enjoy it and don't  forget to comment what you thought of the movie if you saw it or if you are planning on seeing it what do you expect to see and the new Avengers teaser trailer clip! Enjoy.  

Movie review 

Genre 

Romance, comedy

Age

PG-13

Plot

In this sequel Elle Woods is back and better than ever. Elle hates the way animals are being tested for human products. So she decides to go to Washington D.C to join a staff of congresswoman, which she thinks will help her ban animal testings. Her doorman, helps and shows her how she can pass a bill to ban animal testings. Does the bill succeed or is it a complete fail? You'll have to see for yourself! 

Cast 

Reese Witherspoon

Luke Wilson

Jennifer Coolidge

Alanna Ubach

Jessica Cauffiel

Bruce MicGill

Director 

Charles Herman-Wurmfeld

Review 

WORST MOVIE EVER. Honestly that is all I have to say about Legally Blond 2. 

Rating 

I'm giving Legally Blond 2: Red, White and Blond a 0 out of 5.

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Not so long ago, I think it was Wednesday a teaser trailer for the sequel to Avengers Assemble was released. In this new clip we get a glimpse of the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and none other than Ultron. This teaser trailer shows us a moody side of the new movie compared to the first one. The background music gives it an even more moody atmosphere. We can still tell that there is more trouble. Some Avengers still don't get along with each other. Ultron seems like a really cool character even though he is the villain, he just has this mysterious vibe that makes you so attached to find out more. I can't wait to see this movie next month in the summer! Here is the clip for y'all! 

http://youtu.be/0Lwf7BVwVzQ . 

And last but not least the new Mockingjay clips! Doritos released two clips for Mockingjay-Part 1 ahead of it release next month. 

Here's TV Spot 1: http://youtu.be/HiPV3QD1NT4

And here's TV Spot 2: http://youtu.be/63m_kSq1upA

The thing that made my heart break was seeing Peeta in the first one beaten up and in the second one crying. I hope the movie is as good as these clips. The press will begin next week so hopefully we will get more clips and stills! 

  That's all for this week guys! I hope you enjoyed my posts. I can't wait to post next week because one it's halloween, two it's gonna be November and mostly I'm seeing the Maze Runner with my two best friends so that's going to be one pretty busy weekend. I can't wait to share it with you! Don't forget to comment and tell me what you are dressing up as for Halloween. See y'all next week.          

 

I'm a Princess cut from marble.🎶

Hey hey guys! I hope y'all are doing fine! So this week I'm not posting a movie review. As you know The Hunger Games have released so much Mockingjay-Part 1 news, so I decided to give it it's own post this week. Also I haven't done one of these kind of posts in a long time. 

       I'll be talking about the song by Lorde called Yellow Flicker Beat, the new one minute clip that was released and also the press dates for Mockingajy have been announced and the new game! 

       I hope you guys enjoy it and don't forget to comment your opinion on any of  the three headings I'm writing about or all of them :D . 

Yellow Flicker Beat and Hanging Tree

So not so long ago Lorde released a song for the Mockingjay-Part 1 soundtrack called Yellow Flicker Beat. Lorde is also the person who is in charge of the soundtrack. Here is the link for the video if you haven't seen it yet! 

http://youtu.be/e1S9HUNoI4k

In my opinion this song is......AMAZING. I think it really suits the element of MJ-Part 1. My favourite line from the song is 

"And I'm locking up everyone who laid a finger on me" 

I like this one because it shows that Katniss is tired of people telling her what to do all the time she's ready to do what she wants. 

I love the tune, I can't wait to hear the rest of the soundtrack. 

On the soundtrack I really hope that there's Sia and Imagine Dragons because their songs last year on the Catching fire soundtrack "Who we are" and Elastic heart" were so catchy. They were my favourite. Tell me your opinions on the song! 

Also this news about Hanging Tree came out yesterday 

I'm really excited to hear "The Hanging Tree" and to hear Jennifer's a cappella. I'm so happy that Francis decided to keep it in. 

There are rumours that the MJ-Part 1 soundtrack songs will be released on 24th October and The Hanging Tree score is confirmed to be coming out November 24. Just remember the soundtrack news is a RUMOUR! 

District 12

The Hunger Games released a teaser clip on Wednedsay/Thursday of Katniss in District 12. Here's the deal, they didn't decide to release it straight away, they wanted everyone to tweet #unlockmockingjay and get it to 100 precent. We ended up getting it to 100 and whoever tweeted the hashtag The Hunger Games tweeted to you. Here is what they said as they twetteed me! 

As you know I was obviously bouncing of the walls. I texted my bff aka pig Beatrish at 4.30am. They tweeted the majority of people who typed #unlockmockingjay. I honestly didn't even think I would be noticed by them and this isn't the first time, they favourited on of my tweets, the guy who plays Castor replied to me (I posted that before) and one of the actress who plays Katniss' stylist retweeted on my my tweets. 

   Here's the link if you want to watch it! 

http://youtu.be/t6srDbQqlss

The clip shows Katniss walking through the District 12 rubble and at the end Katniss is in for a surprise. I'm so hyped for next month to see the movie and all the premiers and look what Francis tweeted!!!!

How exciting? I can't wait to see what Francis  has done with MJ-Part 1 as I was very very VERY impressed with Catching Fire. 

Press Dates

Lionsgate have released the press dates and who is coming I think on Thursday. They are starting on November 1. 

1 November- Beijing

4 November- Seoul 

10 November- World Premiere in LONDON!!

Novemeber 11- Madrid 

17 November- Los Angeles Premiere  

The casts members that have been confirmed to attend the London world premiere are: 

Jennifer Lawrence 

Josh Hutcherson 

Liam Hemsworth 

Sam Claffin

Elizabeth Banks 

Stanley Tucci

Donald Sutherland  

And also director and producer 

Francis Lawrence 

Nina Jacobson 

And Jon Kilik 

For the Madrid premier only Sam Calffin will be attending. That has been confirmed. 

     I'm super excited to see all the premieres and the London world premiere as last year the Catching Fire world premiere was held in London and it was SUPER BEAUTIFUL. I'm also excited to see them in Beijing and Seoul as this will be their first time there together, so I can't wait!!!  

Panem Rising 

So The Hunger Games have teamed up with Kabana to make a new game. The new game for Mockingjay-Part 1 is coming out next month! If you go onto the website www.panemrising.com and register your email you can pre-order the game and get a free Katniss card!!

Peacekeepers of Panem

So that's all for this week guys!! I hope you guys enjoyed it! Don't forget to comment what you think of one of the headings or all of them. I'll see you all next week with another exciting post, since it's Halloween next week I'll do something special for it. 

         See y'all soon 

                        xoxo Shanene!