KIDS FIRST! Radio

Join us as we talk with singer/songwriter Mama Doni about her new DVD Mama Doni’s Jewish Holiday Party and learn about the history, the food and the music of these holidays. Listen to our review of “Gravity” – a sure hit starring Sandra Bullock, “The Hunters” – a Hallmark Channel Movie and “Mrs. Doubtfire” – a classic film airing on HDNet Movies kidScene next month. Hear all this and more with our hosts Raven Devanney and Brianna Hope Beaton joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Keefer Blakeslee and Gerry Orz. Listen here.

Join us as we talk report on the Red Carpet event for “Free Birds” the new animated film about turkeys! Then, we’ll review “Captain Phillips” – the true story about pirates on the high seas, “Searching for Bobby Fisher” and “Karate Kid” – two classics airing this month on HDNet Movies kidScene. Hear all this and more with our hosts Raven Devanney and Brianna Hope Beaton joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Keefer Blakeslee, Anthony Aranda and Molly Jackson. Listen here.

Join us as we interview Mama Doni about her new DVD/CD release “Mama Doni’s Jewish Holiday Party” followed by an interview with Melissa D’Arabian from “The Picky Eaters Project.” Next, we’ll interview Sandra Bullock’s surprise hit film, “Gravity” which all our critics loved. Last, listen to our report from the Mile High Horror Film Festival in Denver, the Adventure Film Festival in Boulder and our 2014 KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Search Competition which is underway now through the end of the year. This is your chance to join our KIDS FIRST! Film Critic and give your opinion about the latest films, meet celebrities and schmooze with our other critics.  Hear all this and more with our hosts Raven Devanney and Brianna Hope Beaton joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Keefer Blakeslee and Patrick Nguyen. Listen here.

Join us as we interview Mark Marderosian, host of the new DVD series Drawing with Mark followed by a review by our film critics of the same DVD. Next, we’ll review the movies “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” and “Little Mermaid Second Screen Live.” Hear all this and more with our hosts Raven Devanney and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Anthony Aranda, Valdi Belizaire, Stacy Belizaire, Cheyenne Nguyen and Canela Roey. Listen here.

Listen in as we interview Kirk DeMicco, director of The Croods which just came out on DVD/Blu-ray today! Listen to our reporters review The Croods as well as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and Salinger. Hear all this and more with our hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Raven Devanney joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Anthony Aranda, Valdi Belizaire, Stacy Belizaire and Cheyenne Nguyen.

Join us as we review two films “Insidious 2” and, celebrating its 75^th Anniversary, the classic beloved “The Wizard of Oz” re-released in 3D/IMAX! We’ll also talk about the film “The Croods” where one of our reporters recently attended a media day on the Dreamworks campus and had the opportunity to interview the director, head animator and others. Last, we’ll talk about the classic, “Hook” which airs on HDNet KidScene all of October. Hear all this and more with our hosts Brianna Hope Beaton and Keefer Blakeslee joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Raven Devanney, Anthony Aranda, Gerry Orz and Jailene Arias.  Listen here.

Join us as we chat with Skai  Jackson who stars in the new movie, “The Watsons Go To Birmingham” airing September 20 on the Hallmark Channel.  We will also review the film as well as the film “Dear Dumb Diary” based on the book by the same name and the educational DVD “Pop, Rock and Learn.”   Hear all this and more with our hosts Raven Devanney and Brianna Hope Beaton joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Keefer Blakeslee, Gerry Orz and Jailene Arias. Listen here.

Join us as we discuss the 20th Anniversary of the classic family film, The Sandlot and hear about our cast interviews at Dodger Stadium earlier this month. Listen to our reviews of the classic film, “The Secret of NIMH,” “Popeye,” and “Igor” all playing on HDNET Movies KidScene all of October. Hear all this and more with our hosts Raven Devanney and Brianna Hope Beaton joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Keefer Blakeslee, Gerry Orz and Stacy Belizaire.

Join us as we interview Emily Alyn Lind, star of the new film “Dear Dumb Diary” airing on the Hallmark Channel September 6 and available at WalMart September 10. Listen to our review of “Dear Dumb Diary,” “The Grandmaster,” and “Tom and Jerry’s Giant Adventure Movie.” Hear all this and more with your host Brianna Hope Beaton joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Gerry Orz, Adam Chernick and Anthony Aranda. Listen here.

Join us as we interview Emma Kenney, one of the stars of the film “Epic” which just came out in DVD/Blu-ray and review the new feature films “Jobs,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and “Standing Up.” Here all this and more with your hosts Raven Devaney and Brianna Hope Beaton who are joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Keefer Blakeslee, Gerry Orz and Anthony Aranda. To listen, go here.