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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New documentary from Disneynature Bears followed by the DVD titles Antboy and Scooby-Doo WrestleMania
22/04/2014 Duration: 54minListen in as we review the new documentary from Disneynature Bears followed by the DVD titles Antboy and Scooby-Doo WrestleMania. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton, Raven Devanney and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST Film Critics Gerry Orz, Anthony Aranda, Simone Sharrieff, Shelby Ronea and Samantha Alexander
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Listen in as we review the new films Rio 2 Million Dollar Arm and Captain America
15/04/2014 Duration: 48minListen in as we interview one of our favorite guests, Mama Doni about Passover and listen to her song Mission Immatzable. We'll also review the new films Rio 2, Million Dollar Arm and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Gerry Orz, Jeremy Badour and Patrick Nguyen
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Listen in as we review the new documentary Island of Lemurs Madagascar as well as the feature films Captain America
08/04/2014 Duration: 54minListen in as we review the new documentary, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar as well as the feature films Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Noah. And, we'll talk about the Kids Choice Awards where two of our reporters appeared on the red carpet. We'll find out who they talked with and what they did there. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Gerry Orz and Cheyenne Nguyen.
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Listen in as we review the new feature films Muppets Most Wanted, Rio 2, Disney s The Pirate Fairy, the classic film, Rookie of the Year and the filmed ballet Sleeping Beauty
01/04/2014 Duration: 53minListen in as we review the new feature films Muppets Most Wanted, Rio 2, Disney s The Pirate Fairy, the classic film, Rookie of the Year and the filmed ballet Sleeping Beauty part of the dance series being presented by Fathom Events.Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST Film Critics Kendyl Powell, Kayla Powell, Haley Powell, Morgan Bertsch and
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Listen in as we review the new feature films Muppets Most Wanted, Need for Speed, Divergent and the classic film, Mr Magoriums Wonder Emporiium which is playing all month on HDNet Movies KidScene.
25/03/2014 Duration: 52minListen in as we review the new feature films Muppets Most Wanted, Need for Speed, Divergent and the classic film, Mr Magoriums Wonder Emporiium which is playing all month on HDNet Movies KidScene. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney, Gerry Orz and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST Film Critic Simone Sharrieff.
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Listen in as we review the new feature films Need for Speed, Mr. Peabody and Sherman and Divergent as well as the classic film, Freaky Friday which is playing all month on HDNet Movies KidScene.
18/03/2014 Duration: 48minListen in as we review the new feature films Need for Speed,Mr. Peabody and Sherman and Divergent as well as the classic film, Freaky Friday which is playing all month on HDNet Movies KidScene. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST Film Critics Kendyl Powell, Kendyl Powell, Gerry Orz and Jeremy Badour.
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Listen in as we review the new feature films Son of God, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Non Stop, and discuss the key art for the fall release, The Book of Life.
11/03/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the new feature films Son of God, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Non Stop, and discuss the key art for the fall release, The Book of Life. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST Film Critics Kendyl Powell, Haley Powell, Kendyl Powell and Jailene Arias.
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Listen in as we review the new feature films Non Stop, The Monument's Men, The Wind Rises,3 Days to Kill, and the new DVD release Justice League. War.
04/03/2014 Duration: 53minListen in as we review the new feature films NonStop,The Monument's Men, The Wind Rises,3 Days to Kill, and the new DVD release Justice League. War. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST Film Critics Gerry Orz and Anthony Aranda.
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Mr. Peabody and Sherman, the documentary Kids for Cash and the classic Bend it Like Beckham airing on HDNet
25/02/2014 Duration: 53minListen in as we review the new animated films Mr. Peabody and Sherman, the documentary Kids for Cash and the classic Bend it Like Beckham airing on HDNet Movies KidScene all month. We'll also listen to music from the band Pop Fiction and hear all about these young musicians. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Raven Devanney joined by KIDS FIRST Film Critics Gerry Orz, Simon Sharrieff and Jailene Arias.
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Mr. Peabody and Sherman, the documentary Kids for Cash and the classic Bend it Like Beckham airing on HDNet Movies KidScene all month.
11/02/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as we review the new films Mr. Peabody and Sherman, The Lego Movie and Labor Day. We will also interview new KIDS FIRST Film Critic Jeremy Badour and hear his review of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which airs all month on KidScene. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST Film Critics Gerry Orz, Raven Devanney and Jeremy Badour.
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Grammy Awards, Francie Kelley, Dave Kinnoin, Royal Ballet, Giselle, Microsocmos, HDnet Movies KidScene
04/02/2014 Duration: 55minListen in as music critic John Wood joins us to interview two Grammy nominees in the children's music category - Francie Kelley and Dave Kinnoin - and our experience attending the concert the day before the Grammy Awards with all the nominees performing. We will also review the new filmed ballet Giselle by the Royal Ballet which is one of the ballets presented at the Regal Cinemas this season. Last, we will review the classic family film Microcosmos airing on HDnet Movies KidScene all of February. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Brianna Beaton, Patrick Nguyen and Morgan Bertsch.
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Ride Along, Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, The Lunchbox, Tom Chapin, The Incredible Flexible You, Haley Powell
28/01/2014 Duration: 56minListen in as we review two great new films, Ride Along, starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart and Tika Sumpter and The Lunchbox a film set in Mumbai. KIDS FIRST! music judge, John Wood joins us to interview acclaimed singer/songwriter Tom Chapin about his latest CD, The Incredible Flexible You and we meet one of our new 2014 KIDS FIRST. Film Critic Haley Powell. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Keefer Blakeslee.
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Listen in as we review two great new films, The Nut Job and Journey to the South Pacific the latter an exciting 3D Imax film narrated by Cate Blanchett.
21/01/2014 Duration: 50minListen in as we review two great new films, The Nut Job and Journey to the South Pacific the latter an exciting 3D Imax film narrated by Cate Blanchett. We also cover the filmed ballet, The Nutcracker which aired nationwide at Regal Cinemas as part of their partnership with the Royal Ballet of London. Last, we review the classic Spielberg film, White Fang airing on HDnet Movies all of February. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Gerry Orz, Anthony Aranda and Patrick Nguyen.
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The Ultimate Life, Walking with Dinosaurs, Saving Mr. Banks, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, One Direction: This is Us, Iron Man and Hulk: Heroes United.
24/12/2013 Duration: 47minListen in as we interview the lovely Abigail Mavity, star of the film The Ultimate Life, hear about the Walking with Dinosaurs event at the LA Natural History Museum, and review the feature films Saving Mr. Banks, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. We'll also tell you all about the new DVD releases of One Direction: This is Us and Iron Man and Hulk: Heroes United. Whew! And, from everyone at KIDS FIRST! we wish you a very Merry Christmas and may your New Year bring you prosperity and joy. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney, Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Gerry Orz, Morgan Bertsch and Jailene Arias.
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Angels Sing, Chandler Canterrbury, Turbo FAST, Hollywood Christmas Parade, Netflix, Dreamworks
17/12/2013 Duration: 57minListen in as we review the new holiday film, Angels Sing and interview Chandler Canterrbury, one of its stars. We'll share a review of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters available now on DVD/Blu-ray. You can hear all about the Hollywood Christmas Parade which was covered by two of our young reporters on the red carpet, Turbo FAST the first Netflix/Dreamworks collaboration. This series will be available on Netflix starting on December 24. Catch all this and more with your hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Gerry Orz, Morgan Bertsch and Cheyenne Nguyen.
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Black Nativity, Planes, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Alice in Wonderland
10/12/2013 Duration: 58minListen in as we review the new holiday film, Black Nativity as well as Planes which just came out in DVD/Blu-ray. We will give you the scoop on the new ballet, Alice in Wonderland which just was featured at Regal Theaters through its alliance with NCM and, last but not least, a review of The Greatest Game Ever Played - one of the classic family films airing next month on HDNet Movies kidScene. Catch all this and more with your hosts Raven Devanney and Brianna Hope Beaton joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Keefer Blakeslee, Patrick Nguyen and two contestants in our 2014 KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Search Competition, Kendyl and Kayla Powell.
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Frozen, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Ender's Game, Planes
03/12/2013 Duration: 55minListen in as we review four great new films: Frozen from Disney, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Ender's Game, and Planes which is now available in DVD/Blu-ray. Hear all this and more with Co-hosts Keefer Blakeslee and Raven Devanney.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Ender's Game, The Book Thief, Marla Lewis, Cocoa, Seth Goldstein, The Ohmies, John Wood.
26/11/2013 Duration: 59minKidS First Coming Attractions November 26, 2013 Listen in as John Wood joins us to interview Marla Lewis and Seth Goldstein about their audio CDs Cocoa (Marla) and The Ohmies (Seth), both of which recently won KIDS FIRST! endorsements. Then, we will review three new film releases: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Ender's Game, and The Book Thief - all in theaters now! Hear all this and more with our hosts Keefer Blakeslee and Raven Devanney.
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Pete's Christmas, Thor: The Dark World, Ender's Game, Delivery Man, Vince Vaughn, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
19/11/2013 Duration: 57minJoin us as we celebrate our 100th show! In this show, we'll listen to 12 of our KIDS FIRST! Film Critics talk about their experience as a critic and tell you how to enter our 2014 Search Competition which is underway now through the end of the year. We will also review four films: Pete's Christmas, a new Hallmark Channel film that's available on DVD exclusively at WalMart, Delivery Man - the new comedy starring Vince Vaughn, Thor: The Dark World starring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, and Ender's Game starring Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield and Hailee Steinfeld. Hear all this and more with our hosts Brianna Hope Beaton, Keefer Blakeslee and Raven Devanney joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Gerry Orz, Jaheem Toombs, Morgan Bertsch, Jailene Arias, Stacy Belizaire, Valdi-love Belizaire, Anthony Aranda and Patrick Nguyen.
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The Hub, Halloween, Martha Stewart, Bailee Madison, The Book Thief, Thor: The Dark World, Finding Neverland.
12/11/2013 Duration: 56minJoin us as we hear about The Hub's Halloween Bash featuring celebrity judge Martha Stewart and presenters Bailee Madison, Rico Rodriguez, Raini Rodriguez and Bill Nye. Listen in as we review the book-based film, The Book Thief and the newest super-hero movie Thor: The Dark World. Last, we'll review the classic film, Finding Neverland airing all month on HDNet Movies kidScene. Hear all this and more with our hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Gerry Orz, Canela Roey and Jaheem Toombs.