Synopsis
KIDS FIRST! Coming Attractions is a weekly radio show hosted by the KIDS FIRST! Film Critics - 24 youth, ages 7 to 16 from across the country. These reporters review the latest films and DVDs, interview celebrities and chat about media related events. They attend premieres and press screenings of just about every new film rated PG-13 or younger and bring you the scoop so you can make informed decisions about what you wish to see. At KIDS FIRST! we believe that Smart Kids Make Smart Consumers.brbrKIDS FIRST! Film Critics, a program of the 23-year-old Coalition for Quality Children's Media, is the country's most valued source for reviews of children's media. As a national, nonprofit organization, KIDS FIRST! teaches children critical viewing skills and kids as reporters to help you make informed decisions about what films you select for yourself.brbrListen to KIDS FIRST! Coming Attractions every Tuesday at 1PM Pacific Time on the Voice America Kids Channel.
Episodes
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Reviews of Insurgent, Home, A Girl Like Me; Interviews with 1001 Nights Co-Founder
31/03/2015 Duration: 55minListen to our interview with Shabnam Rezaei, co'founder, Big Bad Boo,producer of the TV series 1001 Nights. Then hear what our KIDS FIRST! reporters think about Disney's live action Cinderella starring Lily James, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard Madden and Cate Blanchett, Insurgent starring Shailene Woodley, Dreamworks animated feature Home starring the voice talent of Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and Jim Parsons and A Girl Like Her. Hosted by Gerry O and Keefer B, reviews by Pamela C., Michelle C., Samantha A.
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Reviews of Insurgent and Cinderella, Guests Mason Vale Cotton (Russell Madness) and Helena Johnson, musician
24/03/2015 Duration: 55minListen in as we review Disney's live action film, Cinderella and the 2nd film in the Divergent series: Insurgent. Guests Mason Vale Cotton who stars in Russell Madness, now out on DVD/Blu-ray and Helena Johnson, a budding young singer from the Paul McCartney School of Music round out the show. Hosted by Gerry Orz and Brianna Hope Beatons.
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Reviewing Disney's Cinderella, Sound of Music (50th Anniversary) and the website Petra's Planet
17/03/2015 Duration: 55minListen in as we review Disney's new, live action Cinderella starring Lily James, Cate Blanchett and Richard Madden. We'll also talk about Sound of Music and its 50th Anniversary DVD/Blu-ray/Digital release and the fantastic website for kids, Petra's Planet. Today's show is hosted by Keefer Blakeslee and Brianna joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Haley Powell, Morgan Bertsch, Brandon Cela and Kamren Washington.
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Reviews of Russell Madness, Black in Latin America, A Girl Like Her and 1001 Nights
10/03/2015 Duration: 55minListen to our reviews of the new direct-to-DVD film Russell Madness, the PBS series, Black in Latin America by Henry Gates Jr., the anti-bullying film A Girl Like Her and the TV/online series 1001 Nights. This week's show is hosted by Gerry Orz and Raven Devanney who are joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Clayton PIckard and Justin Storey.
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Reviews of Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast, The Duff, Project Almanac and Disney of Ice: Let's Celebrate
03/03/2015 Duration: 55minReviews of the latest releases including: Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast, a direct to DVD/Blu-ray/Digital release, the feature films The Duff, Project Almanac and the live show Disney on Ice: Let's Celebrate. Hosted by Brianna Hope Beaton and Gerry Orz joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Harmony Makhfi and Kendyl Powell.
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Reviews of McFarland, USA, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Interview with Joe Danis, producer of Once Upon A Sign series
24/02/2015 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the new film McFarland USA starring Kevin Costner and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day which was just released on DVD/Blu-ray/Digital. We will also interview Joe Danis, the founder and CEO of Dawn Sign Press, a production company that has created the video series, Once Upon A Sign all retold in a modern way with deaf actors signing in ASL. Catch all this and more with your hosts Keefer Blakeslee and Raven Devanney joined by KIDS FIRST! Critics Kayla Powell, Katherine Starr and Gerry Orz.
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Reviews of Strange Magic, COWS, UptonCharles Dog Detective, Interview Jorge Gutierrez, The Book of Life,
03/02/2015 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the new George Lucas film Strange Magic, Interview Jorge Gutierrez, the director of The Book of Life which comes out on DVD / Blu-ray this week, review the indie short COWS by Susan Boynton and a fave of our critics, discuss the E-book series UptonCharles Dog Detective and talk about our KIDS FIRST! Critics experience at YouTube's Space LA where we are shooting our first TV shows, KIDS FIRST! News HIghlights!. Whew. Catch all this and more with your hosts Keefer Blakeslee and Brianna Hope Beaton joined by KIDS FIRST! Critics Kendyl Powell and Anthony Aranda.
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Reviews of George Lucas's Strange Magic, Paddington, Belle & Sebastian and More.
27/01/2015 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the new George Lucas animated film Strange Magic and everyone's favorite bear, Paddington in his own movie. Our special guests this evening are Filip and Dalila, stars of PBS Kids new show Odd Squad. Last, we'll review the new indie film Belle & Sebastian about a boy and his dog who help Jewish refugees escape the Nazi soldiers in WWII France. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Brianna Hope Beaton joined by KIDS FIRST! Critics Samantha Alexander, Katie G, Kendyl Powell and Jeremy Badour.
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Reviews of Into the Woods, Paddington, SELMA and Once Upon a Sign.
20/01/2015 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the blockbuster film Into the Woods, the animated film Paddington based on the best-selling British storybooks, Civil Rights drama SELMA based on the true story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historical march in the 60s and the direct to DVD series, Once Upon a Sign which presents modern versions of classic Grimm's fairy tales in American Sign Language. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Critics Brianna Hope Beaton and Gerry Orz.
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Into the Woods, Night at the Museum and Mork and Mindy
13/01/2015 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the blockbuster films Into the Woods and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. As a special feature, we're also reviewing the Robin Williams' 80s TV show Mork & Mindy which was just released to DVD/Blu-ray. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Gerry Orz joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Shelby Ronae and Willie Jones.
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Reviewing The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Penguins of Madagascar, The Song of the Sea and AFI Fest 2014
02/12/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the new feature films The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Penguins of Madagascar, The Song of the Sea and talk about this year's AFI Fest 2014. Catch all this and more with your hosts Keefer Blakeslee and Brianna Hope Beaton joined by Samantha Alexander, Haley Powell.
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Reviewing The Theory of Everything, the new Gortimer Gibbons series, AFI Fest 2014, The Song of the Sea.
25/11/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the new feature film, The Theory of Everything and the new original production by Amazon, the Gortimer Gibbons series. Hear all about AFI Fest 2014 and one of its animated films, The Song of the Sea and learn about the Reel vs. Real Diversity in Hollywood Conference at the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Keefer Blakeslee joined by Jailene Aries and Gerry Orz.
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Meet Chase Lewis XPRIZE Winner and listen to three of our critics review the new animated feature Big Hero 6.
18/11/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we interview Chase Lewis XPRIZE Winner. Listen to three of our critics review the new Disney animated feature Big Hero 6. Catch all this and more with your host Gerry Orz joined by Samantha Alexander, Haley Powell, Willie Jones and Harmony Makhfi.
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Meet Stirling Gardner, founder of AnOpenApology.com and listen to our kids review the new Disney film, Big Hero 6
11/11/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we interview Stirling Garener, founder of AnOpenApology.com and find out what the scoop is about apologizing online. Then, listen to three of our top reporters review the new Disney animated film Big Hero 6 which opens nationwide in theaters on November 7. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Gerry Orz joined by Jeremy Badour, Katie Griffith and Harmony Makhfi.
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Meet Jet from A Belle for Christmas, hear about Nintendo's new games and listen to our reviews of Big Hero 6 and A Belle for Christmas.
04/11/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the latest and greatest films: Big Hero 6 and A Belle for Christmas. Met Jet, the youth star of the new Christmas film A Belle for Christmas. Hear all about Nintendo's latest games and meet our newest KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, Harmony. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by Madeline Rose, Samantha Alexander, Kendyl Powell, Kayla Powell and Harmony Makhfi.
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Meet Teo Halm, star of Earth to Echo, Listen to our reviews of the latest and greatest films: PUMP, My Little Pony Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks and The Book of Life
28/10/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the latest and greatest films: PUMP, My Little Pony Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks, The Book of Life and Interview Teo Halm, star of Earth to Echo which is now out on DVD/Blu-ray. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Gerry Orz joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Keefer Blakeslee, Samantha Alexander and Katherine Starr.
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Reviewing the latest and greatest films: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Dracula Untold, Scary Movies for Halloween and, the student documentary, The Equation of Life
21/10/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the latest and greatest films: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Dracula Untold, Scary Movies for Halloween and the student produced anti-bullying documentary The Equation of Life. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Willie Jones, Patrick Nguyen, Simone Sharrieff and Raven Devanney.
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Reviewing the latest and greatest films: The Good Lie, Postman Pat: The Movie, Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
14/10/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the latest and greatest films: The Good Lie, Postman Pat: The Movie, Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Gerry Orz joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Brianna Hope Beaton.
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Reviews of The Boxtrolls, My Little Pony Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks, The Hero of Color City and more… Learn about the Big Hero 6 XPRIZE Challenge
07/10/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review The Boxtrolls, My Little Pony Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks, The Hero of Color City and learn about the Big Hero 6 XPRIZE Challenge from Alan Zack. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Gerry Orz, Haley Powell, Kendyl Powell and Kayla Powell.
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Reviews of The Maze Runner, Slugterra: Return of the Elementals, The Equation of Life and Interview with Daniel Kiely from the new CD Sea Blue Sea
30/09/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the great new action / adventure film The Maze Runner, the DVD Slugterra: Return of the Elementals and the student produced film The Equation of Life. We will also interview drummer Daniel Kiely from the new KIDS FIRST! award-winning CD Sea Blue Sea. Catch all this and more with your hosts Keefer Brianna Hope Beaton and Raven Devanney joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Willie Jones and Keefer Blakeslee.