Prep & Landing

Prep & Landing is a new classic for your holiday viewing – ****4 Stars

By Gabrielle Pantera

Hollywood CA, Gosh!TV 2011/11/25  - Prep & Landing first debuted in 2009 as ABC TV’s first animated television special produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.

In 2010 the special won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production and a Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or a Special.

From Disney, Prep & Landing is a new take on how Santa gets presents delivered. This animated film shows the elves using high tech gadgets to get homes ready for Santa’s visit.

An elf named Wayne, voiced by Dave Foley, who’s worked for Santa for 227 years, doesn’t get an expected promotion and instead is partnered with a rookie elf named Lanny, voiced by Derek Richardson, to carry out a special Christmas eve mission.

While going to carry out their mission Wayne and Lanny must use their ingenuity to (more…)

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Quigley Down Under Blu-ray

Ton Selleck Western comes to Blu-ray *** 3 Stars

By Gabrielle Pantera

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 2011/11/10 Matthew Quigley,  played by Tom Selleck, an American sharp shooter from Wyoming is hired by Elliott Marston, played by Alen Rickman. He needs Quigley to come to Australia to kill off the dingos, wild dogs that are killing off his cattle. Soon after arriving Quigley realizes, he was actually  hired to kill the native Aborigines to get them off Marston’s land. Quigley refuses to (more…)

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Cars 2 Sally, Mater and Lightning McQueen

Disney Pixar’s summer hit Cars 2 released on Blu-ray Combo Pack with Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Movie Download and DVD *** 3 Stars

By Gabrielle Pantera

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 11/2/2011 – Sports car Lightning McQueen is off to race overseas with his best buddy tow truck  Mater to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix. Mater embarrasses Lightning and  leaves, but gets caught up in international espionage. Mater is the star of this movie as he helps save the world with British super spy Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell, a rookie field spy.

The animation is fantastic. The young ones will enjoy watching the movie over and aover again.

Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios chief creative officer John Lasseter is (more…)

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Winnie the Pooh Feature Film

Winnie the Pooh is in the Hundred Acre Wood with his friends and want you and your family to join them on Blu-ray or DVD **** 4 Stars

By Gabrielle Pantera

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV)10/25/2011 – This family animated feature film brings Winnie the Pooh to a whole new generation of youngsters. This traditional animation treat is wonderful to see. The style used is reminiscent of the previous movies and A.A. Milne’s classic books. Directed by Stephen Anderson and Don Hall is the second Pooh movie from Walt Disney Animation Studios. It follows the Pooh and his friends as they set out to save Christopher Robin.

Winnie The Pooh is voiced by Jim Cummings. Who also is the voice of Tigger. The  narrator is John Cleese. Craig is the voice of Owl, Tom Kenny voices Rabbit, Travis Oates as Piglet, Bud Luckey as Eeyore, Kristen Anderson-Lopez as Kanga, Wyatt Hall the seven-year-old son of director Don Hall as Roo and Huell Howser, this was his first role as an actor,  as Backson and Jack Boulter, this was his first role as an actor, as Christopher Robin.

In HD the film is crisp and clean, but you still feel as thought it’s like the original art work.

The Blu-ray release has bonus materials in HD. Included are an overview called Winnie the Pooh and His Story Too of the Original Winnie the Pooh, two animated shorts The Ballad of Nessie and Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Pooh’s Balloon. There are also tips for on how to design a Pooh-themed nursery for mom’s to be called Creating the Perfect Winnie the Pooh Nursery. There are also deleted scenes and sneak peaks.

You can also sing along with lyrics displayed on the screen. Subtitle are in English SDH, Spanish, and French.

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Fox and the Hound

The story of two unlikely friends who should be enemies *** Three Stars

by Gabrielle Pantera

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 2011/8/09 – 30 years ago Disney released The Fox and the Hound, their 24^th animated film. Tod, the Fox, is orphaned but he’s got Copper, a hound who’s his best friend. As Copper grows up he finds out he’s supposed to hunt foxes. Can the two stay friends when they’re supposed to be enemies?

In 1981 the new generation of animators at Disney, Ron Clements, Glen Keane and John Musker worked on this one and went on to do many other well known Disney movies.

The animation is clean and bright. The original can be a bit deep for kids, and parents will need to be ready to (more…)

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One Night in Turin, a disasterous kick for England

One Night in Turin documentary examines the heartbreaking loss of British team at the 1990 World Cup *** 3 Stars

By Gabrielle Pantera

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 6/21/2011- England came so close to winning the 1990 World Cup. Told from the perspective of All Played Out author Pete Davis with a voice-over by Gary Oldman. The emotion of each player from both teams as they take their last shots at making a goal, and their relief when they do it is all there to see. What’s missing are (more…)

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Gnomeo & Juliet on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and  DVD **** 4 Stars

By Gabrielle Pantera

Gnomeo and Juliet, yes, Disney gnomes do Shakespeare fine

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 5/27/2011 –It’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with gnomes. The little porcelain figures that decorate gardens come to life in this Disney family adventure. Gnomeo is a blue gnome and Juliet is a red gnome. Their families just can’t get along and are determined to keep the lovers apart. Can Gnomeo and Juliet bring their feud to an end or will they end up dead as the statue in the park of Shakespeare predicts?

There are plastic pink flamingos, Frogs, and lawnmower races. James McAvoy is the voice of  Gnomeo and Emily Blunt is a delight as Juliet. Gnomeo and Juliet is (more…)

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Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure borrows Ashley Tisdale from Hellcats for another installment of her High School Musical character *** 3 Stars

By Gabrielle Pantera

Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, Ashley Tisdale back to High School Musical

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 5/4/2011 –“Ever since day one of the first High School Musical, I always had loads of ideas for Sharpay,” says Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure star Ashley Tisdale. “I’d say things like, ‘Obviously, this chick [Sharpay] is crazy so why don’t I wear this skirt as a top?’ And that’s exactly what we’d end up doing! I think Sharpay looks great in the new movie. She’s growing up, but she still loves pink.” Tisdale also stars in the TV series Hellcats.

Sharpay, her dog Boi, and lots of pink luggage head to (more…)

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The Incredibles 4-Disc Blu-ray combo pack, animated superheroes fight crime and keep the family together  **** 4 Stars

By Gabrielle Pantera

The Incredibles, a family of superheroes, on Blu-ray

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 5/4/2011 – “The role of Bob was probably one of the more difficult things I’ve ever done,” says The Incredibles star Craig T. Nelson, the voice of Mr. Incredible. “I really empathized with him as a human being. Here’s a guy who is literally able to leap tall buildings and do all kinds of super-heroic things, but that isn’t what makes him special. It’s his value structure and his moral strength, not his mighty feats that I really responded to. He’s one of those people I’d really like to meet and get a chance to shake his hand, because he knows what counts and he has a good sense of himself and his family.”

“Craig has an authoritative voice but also a wonderful, easygoing kind of humor that really lends itself to who Mr. Incredible is,” says The Incredibles director Brad Bird. “You can definitely (more…)

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DVD is the only authorized documentary with full access to royals *** 3 Stars

By  Gabrielle Pantera

William and Kate, the official DVD

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 4/29/2011 – “We’d been talking about marriage for a while, so it wasn’t a massively big surprise,” said Price William during an interview five months ago. “I took her somewhere nice in Kenya and proposed. Catherine Middleton said, “It’s was very romantic.” The romance reached it’s peak today with the royal wedding. Their long courtship was finally celebrated in their wedding of Catherine Middleton marrying Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales, KG, FRS, born 21 June 1982.

Prince William and Kate, the DVD, is (more…)

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