Catherina Gioino
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Catherina has been writing since she was 14 years old- screenplays, movie reviews, sports stories and anything in between. Born and raised in New York City, she can probably be found stuck underground on a train or sitting in traffic on the bridge. But don't let her static commutes confuse you when the conversation suddenly evolves into a movie reference and quoting match. For news about the city and movies, as well as the occasional joke she thinks is funny, follow her on Twitter @catgioino.

The Jungle Book’s Awesome Portraits

With just over a week until the film premieres, The Jungle Book is all we can talk about in upcoming movies. They released their trailer Friday and have been showing debuting images and sneak peeks for months. But of all the forms of…

New Trailer for ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Released

I’m not sure how I feel about Disney referencing LSD and hysteria (slash whatever else was going to happen in that scene back in time), but it wouldn’t be the first time it gets away with some sexual and drug-related…

House of Cards: Season 4, Episodes 49-52

The end is nigh—or so we think. In the final episodes of season four, we come to terms with what’s going on from the start: Claire and Frank never truly loved each other but rather are a political union made…

Everything is Copy: Nora Ephron’s Journey in Writing About Her Life

Heartburn. When Harry Met Sally… . Sleepless in Seattle. Julia & Julia. None of these films would have been had Nora Ephron not wrote—or sometimes directed—them. Ephron wrote articles for the New York Post, essays for Esquire, scripts for television,…

House of Cards: Season 4, Episodes 46-48

Dramatic irony: when the audience finally understands what’s going on in that another character might not know. Now this gets used all the time in plays and dramatic works, and often to deepen the sense of suspense the audience now…

House of Cards: Season 4, Episodes 43-45

For the most part, everyone, even those who have never seen House of Cards, knows it’s about politics and the power plays behind every action. But most of all, they know it’s about trust and the loss of trust: it…

House of Cards: Season 4, Episodes 40-42 Review

Man oh man. I mean, it still doesn’t live up to the “I killed a recurring character in the first episode” act that House of Cards pulled in season two, but it introduces the ever wonderful Ellen Burstyn as Claire’s…