Can’t say I have vivid childhood memories of Ross Bagdasarian Sr.’s “The Alvin Show.” But what I do vaguely recall is pleasant enough, as long as those helium chipmunk harmonies were limited to one ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks, a global phenomenon to generations of fans, becomes a live action/CGI motion picture event with a contemporary comic sensibility. Songwriter Dave Seville transforms singing ...

The late Looney Tunes maestro Chuck Jones had an existential rule about cartoon animals: They could walk upright, talk a blue streak and even have a Flatbush accent, so long as they were fundamentally ...

I’ve Never Heard Of Alvin And The Chipmunks. What Is It? Back in the 1950s, songwriter Ross Bagdasarian Sr. — famous for playing small roles in films like Rear Window and being in the cast of his ...

Helium-inhalers, rejoice. The chipmunks are back. If you're a parent with young children, you know you'll be piling into theater seats soon to catch "Alvin and the Chipmunks." It's not like there are ...

Are singing chipmunks really so different from Britney Spears? In “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” our furry, little singing friends have been turned into something like tiny Justin Timberlakes. They use ...

When the first three films in a family movie franchise earn more than $1 billion worldwide, greenlighting a fourth installment is a no-brainer. Say hello, then, to the inevitable “Alvin and the ...

Dec 17, 2007 - Legend, Chipmunks get large at the box office.

More than hyperactive enough to engage small fry with microscopic attention spans, "Alvin and the Chipmunks" also has built-in nostalgia appeal for baby-boomer parents and grandparents willing to ...