Wow. That’s the most appropriate word that comes to mind when thinking about the various movies that hit DVD and Blu-ray this week. Leading this off are the latest entry in the Alien saga, but the majority of this week’s…
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Poll: What’s Your Favorite Set of Actor Brothers?
For this week’s poll, we want to know which set of star siblings are your favorite. Including the likes of great acting brothers like Dick and Jerry Van Dyke to Chris, Liam, and Luke Hemsworth, we’re sure that this week’s…
Read more →A Look Back At Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke’s Unmistakable Chemistry
It’s strange waking up to a world without Mary Tyler Moore. That was my first thought when I sat in front of the computer to begin today’s posts. She has been such an impactful force upon pop culture and the…
Read more →Ten Things to Know About Bye Bye Birdie
To mark Ann-Margret’s 74th birthday today, we’re offering this classic look at 10 facts about one of the actress’s earliest and most popular films: the 1963 musical hit Bye Bye Birdie, also starring Dick Van Dyke and Janet Leigh.
Read more →Mary Poppins (1964): Classic Movie Review
In today’s guest post, Melanie Simone shares her thoughts on the 1964 Disney classic Mary Poppins. Does she find it to be Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? Read on to find out for yourself!
Read more →Remembering The Dick Van Dyke Show
We invite you to take a look back at the 1960s Emmy Award winning show The Dick Van Dyke Show, starring Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Richard Deacon.
Read more →Birdie Watching: Reflections on Bye Bye Birdie
My kids were in a production of Bye Bye Birdie over the last month. So, playing the part of the good father, I attended several shows. My kids had small parts in the chorus, so it wasn’t just their limited…
Read more →Petrie Dishes: Inside Dick Van Dyke’s New Tell-All
Dick Van Dyke is best known as an actor, singer and dancer who made it big in the 1960s over the brief span of years in which he starred in the stage and movie versions of Bye Bye Birdie, TV’s…
Read more →What’s Black and White and in Movies All Over?
Whichever side of the evolution-versus-intelligent design debate you come down on, one thing proponents from both camps can agree on is that there are just certain animals whose look, demeanor and way of life prove that either the random forces of the universe sometimes…
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