Earlier this week I reached out to the writer of MyFilmviews and got in touch with Nostra from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Nostra is 43 years old and began blogging in 2010 after spending time on Facebook commenting his opinions on movies. “One day I was a bit bored and read about blogging and decided to try it on WordPress. I really liked it and have been doing it since”.

Nostra’s MyFilmviews blog, like mine, revolves around a passion for movies. It consists of 8 years worth of movie reviews, interviews multiple directors, and a weekly segment where he looks through the careers of different actors and actresses.

Nostra stated that his biggest challenge of maintaining his blog is to keep himself motivated, since viewers have stopped responding as much as they used to when blogging was more popular. “During the height of blogging I had half a million views a year. That number has decreased dramatically. The sense of community that used to be there isn’t as strong anymore, unfortunately”.

I also asked Nostra what is most interested about running his blog. Nostra said that the most interesting aspect is the opportunity to interview people such as Paul Verhoeven, the director of the 1987 film RoboCop. He also expressed his excitement for the invitations to receiving and press screenings. He loves the fact that you can find people from around the world with the same passions and reach out to them. For example I emailed Nostra, who lives in the Netherlands, from Glassboro, New Jersey in the United States.

“My advice would be to not do it if your goal is to make money or get lots of views. Do it because you love to share your thoughts and like to talk to likeminded people…That will be the most rewarding”.