January plays host to six award shows honoring film and television By Gabrielle Pantera
January 11th
People’s Choice Awards at the Nokia Theater Live Telecast on CBS at 9/8c
Hosted by Kaley Cuoco with musical guests Faith Hill and Demi Lovato.
Catch the Red Carpet live on www.PeoplesChoice.com and on REELZ Channel starting at 7:30/6:30c. When you go to PeoplesChoice.com you can still vote, too.
January 12th
Critics’ Choice Awards at the Hollywood Paladium air live on VH1 at 8pm ET/PT. This year’s hosts are Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel.
January 15th
69th Annual Golden Globe Awards on NBC at 8/7c
Ricky Gervais is returning to host the Golden Globes for 2012. The foreign press, 83 entertainment journalists from around the world, vote for the host as well as the categories. 62 members vote on the host and only 16 were against the return of Gervais. There is also a statement on the Golden Globes website, stating that the group was moved to bring back Gervais after (more…)
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…)
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.
Exclusive interview with co-author Cari Lynn and a review of her new book about Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman’s Fight for Justice**** 4 Starts
By Gabrielle Pantera
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 10/1/2011 –“The idea for the movie came first. Screenwriters Larysa Kondracki and Eilis Kirwan read about Kathy’s court case and wanted to write a script about her story,” says Cari Lynn. “It wasn’t until the movie started ramping up that one of the producers encouraged Kathy to also consider doing a book of her story. (more…)
Interview with Brad Pitt and a review of his baseball film Moneyball opening on Sept. 23rd **** Four stars
By Robin Rowe
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 9/21/2011 – “I’m a sucker for an underdog story,” says Moneyball star and producer Brad Pitt. “Moneyball is a story about our values, about how we value other people. Sports films traditionally work on some level of this idea of wining, of overcoming adversity. It’s something in our DNA. It’s why we love our sports heroes. I couldn’t let (more…)
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 24th 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…)
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…)
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…)
A Disney classic and sequel bring the adventure of being in a computer to life Tron: Legacy *** 3 Stars/ Tron the Original ****4 Stars
By Gabrielle Pantera
Tron Legacy, Olivia Wilde kicks electrons
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 4/19/2011 – “Whenever I see a big epic film where the character has aged from being a young boy to an old man, traditionally there are different actors playing him in those stages,” says Tron star Jeff Bridges. “That’s always a little bump for me as I’m sitting there, when they change from one actor to the next. But now as an actor it’s very gratifying to know that I can play myself or the character that I’m playing at any age, from an infant to an old man. That’s really exciting, especially to be part of this groundbreaking technology.”
The Blu-ray set includes the original Tron and the sequel.
In the original Tron movie, Jeff Bridges gets diced by an experimental laser and sucked into the master computer. To get out he forms alliances with programs developed by his coworkers. He must get back to the outside world to save the company and the world from (more…)
Disney brings adventure, humor, music and romance to Tangled fairytale **** 4 stars
By Gabrielle Pantera
Tangled, the fiftieth animated feature from Disney, now on Blu-ray
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 3/29/2011 – “Rapunzel is a young woman who is on the eve of her 18th birthday,” says Tangled star Mandy Moore., the voice of Rapunzel. “She’s becoming an adult and she finds herself in a situation where she’s able to go beyond the tower walls that have shielded her all her life. She ends up on a crazy adventure with a young man called Flynn Rider. She has the time of her life.”
Rapunzel is Disney’s 50th full-length animated feature film. It’s a modern twist on the classic story of Rapunzel, the girl who has long magical hair. Rapunzel spends her (more…)
