One Last Big Week For Bernie Mac
November 4, 2008 - Bernie Mac died suddenly last August, leaving millions of grieving fans. But they can spend some “quality time” with him for the next few weeks—as two of his last projects come to theaters. Listen >
Let's Hear it For the Old Guy
October 28, 2008 - No one’s going to win any acting Oscars for the latest Indian Jones, starring 66-year-old Harrison Ford, but the movie’s box office success proves that a vintage Ford can still draw huge audiences both young and old. Listen >
Horror Collection
October 21, 2008 - Screams on an autumn night - six scary classics on DVD. Listen >
When We Left Earth
October 14, 2008 - The drama of America’s decade-long reach for the Moon is captured in a new DVD set from Discovery Channel—When we Left Earth: The NASA Missions. Listen >
Remembering Paul Newman
October 7, 2008 – For those of us who grew up with Paul Newman, we know that he was so much more than the face on McDonald's salad dressing packets. Listen >
Greg Kinnear's Busy Week
September 30, 2008 - Flash of Genius and Ghost Town, both starring Greg Kinnear, are now in theaters. Listen >
LINKS: Flash of Genius official website; Ghost Town official website
The Wild Wild West
September 23, 2008 - Hundreds of stampeding buffalo flatten a railroad camp—just one iconic scene from the 1962 epic, How the West Was Won, now available in a three-disc DVD set. Listen >
Smothers Brothers
September 16, 2008 - Tom and Dick Smothers open the third season of their 1960s variety show with a typically loaded piece of material—featured on a new four-disc set, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The Best of Season Three. Listen >
A Family That Preys
September 9, 2008 - Tyler Perry’s astonishingly successful films have almost exclusively addressed themselves to the Black audience…until now. In his new film: The Family That Preys he’s extended his cast to include Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates. Listen >
Celebrating Warner Bros.
September 2, 2008 - A massive new book by Richard Schickel and George Perry celebrates the 85th birthday of Warner Bros: You Must Remember This: The Warner Brothers Story. Listen >
Hitchcock From Screen to Stage
August 26, 2008 - The revelation of a missing pinky finger ratchets up the tension in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 classic, The 39 Steps. Now the movie thriller has become an improbable Broadway comedy smash, with the slightly expanded title, “Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps.” Listen >
Lawrence of Arabia
August 19, 2008 – In the classic epic adventure of Lawrence of Arabia, Peter O’Toole and Alec Guinness explore the western fascination of the Middle East. Listen >
Singing Revolution
August 12, 2008 – The Singing Revolution, is a new theatrical documentary about the end of Communism in the tiny European nation of Estonia. Listen >
The Night James Brown Saved Boston
August 5, 2008 – Crank up James Brown singing I Got You, and you’re sure to capture your audience’s attention. In the new DVD documentary The Night James Brown Saved Boston, the King of Soul uses that song— to get the attention of a city reeling from the murder of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Listen >
All You Need is Love
July 29, 2008 – 17 episodes of All You Need Is Love never aired in the US, and the series has never before been on home video. It’s great entertainment and essential history. Listen >
The “Invisible” Audience
July 22, 2008 – Movie director, Rob Reiner went out on a limb and made a film for a more “mature” audience. The Bucket List became an instant hit comedy…shocking the film industry. Listen >
Ball Talk
July 15, 2008 – Red Barber, one of the legendary voices in sports broadcasting, paints an indelible word picture of a New York Yankees game in Ball Talk…now available on DVD. Listen >
Summer Movies
July 8, 2008 – Five of our best ranked summer films of all time. Listen >
An American Girl and Her Grownup Friends
July 1, 2008 – If you know a little girl, you probably know something about the American Girl Phenomenon. Check out the first theatrical spinoff: Kitt Kittredge: American Girl...now in theatres. Listen >
Cause and Effect
June 24, 2008 – Star Wars tops the movie industry’s Visual Effects list for most influential visual effects of all time. Listen >
LINKS: Visual Effect's website
Hot Summer Salsa
June 17, 2008 – Carlos Santana, Steve Jordan, The Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz, and singer-actor Ruben Blades—on the first-ever DVD release of the concert film, Caliente Y Picante: A Latino Lesson. Listen >
Looking Smart
June 10, 2008 - Would you believe Get Smart! is available on DVD for the first time? Barbara “Agent 99” Feldon remembers Don Adams. Listen >
Joe Mannix, Back on The Case
June 3, 2008 – The 1967, TV detective series Mannix is now available on DVD. Listen >
A hundred years of Jimmy Stewart
May 27, 2008 –Although you may remember him mostly from his role in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” you should know that the talented Jimmy Stewart was an extremely versatile actor. Listen >
50 Years of Gigi
May 13, 2008 – Thank Heaven for Little Girls! And for Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold, and for the wonderful, bubbly confection that is the movie Gigi. You can enjoy this 50-year-old classic at home on DVD. Bill Newcott has an appreciation. Listen >
Hiya Kids!
May 6, 2008 – Buffalo Bob Smith whoops it up with the Peanut Gallery in an episode of Howdy Doody Time in the new four-disc DVD set, “Hiya Kids! A Fifties Saturday Morning.” Listen >
George Segal Takes Over
April 28, 2008 – George Segal, Peter Falk, Rip Torn and Bill Cobbs debate how to get from Miami to Las Vegas in the road comedy, Three Days to Vegas, now on DVD! Listen >
Finding Helen Hunt
April 22, 2008 – Helen Hunt and Bette Midler square off as mother and daughter in the new comedy, Then She Found Me. Listen >
Young at Heart
April 15, 2008 – A dozen youthful, 70-to-90 year old vocalists make up the Young At Heart chorus...and now the group is featured in a rocking, soulful, inspiring documentary. Listen >
Father Knows Best
April 8, 2008 – Pick up the first season of the 1950’s hit sitcom: Father Knows Best now available on DVD. Listen >
A Walk on The Wild Side
April 1, 2008 – Role Model: Gene Wilder, airs this month on Turner Classic Movies. Listen >
The Early Years of Our Fair Lady
March 25, 2008 – Julie Andrews writes about some of her most memorable moments on the big scene in her new autobiography, Home: A Memoir of My Early Years. Listen >
Pictures at a Revolution
March 18, 2008 – Author, Mark Harris compares old Hollywood to new Hollywood in his fascinating new book, “Pictures at a Revolution.” Listen >
The Grand Canyon Adventure
March 11, 2008 – Robert F. Kennedy Junior challenges the rough waters of the Colorado River in the new IMAX 3-D film, Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk. Listen >
Oscar Nominated films…now on DVD
March 4, 2008 – Hal Holbrook gives one of the most touching performances of his career as a kind, old widower in Into the Wild… now available on DVD.
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Famous grownups pick their favorite movies
February 26, 2008 – Movies For Grownups can make you laugh, make you cry, and make you laugh till you cry…find out what movies were favorites among celebrities. Listen >
Mr. Warmth
February 19, 2008 – At 81, Don Rickles has finally agreed to feature his legendary standup act on DVD. You can pick up Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project today! Listen >
Disneyland
February 12, 2008 – A journey to the land of Disney...the man, the vision, and the creation. Listen >
In Treatment
February 5, 2008 – On the new HBO series, In Treatment, Gabriel Byrne is a private practice therapist who sees five different patients, five days a week! Listen >
A Midsummer Culture Lover’s Dream
January 29, 2008 - A teenaged Mickey Rooney chews the scenery as Puck in the 1935 movie production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream—part of new collection of classic Hollywood Shakespeare adaptations on DVD. Listen >
New to DVD: El Cid
January 22, 2008 - It's thrilling and spectacular...in all the best ways, with a lesson or two for today’s world. El Cid is now available on DVD. Listen >
The Best Love Story of 2007
January 15, 2008 - The musical Hairspray- starring Christopher Walken and John Travolta - will be named Movies For Grownups' best love story of the year. Listen >
The Best Grownup Flicks
January 8, 2008 - Here’s a sneak preview of the best of the best Movies for Grownups for 2007. Listen >
The Kite Runner
January 1, 2008 – A father and son, refugees from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, disagree over the priorities of American life in the epic drama, The Kite Runner.
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LINKS: The Kite Runner Official website
Morgan Freeman and the Future of Grownup Movies
December 25, 2007 -
Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson star as two terminal cancer patients planning the rest of their lives in The Bucket List...Now in theatres. Listen >
The Toast of Christmas
December 18, 2007 – A new look at Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol! Listen >
Wee Willie Winkie
December 11, 2007 – Shirley Temple joins the British Army in India in dirictor John Ford’s classic 1937 film, Wee Willie Winkie. Listen >
Savages
December 4, 2007 – Oscar Winner Philip Seymour Hoffman and Oscar nominee Laura Linney duke it out in their new family drama, The Savages. Listen >
Laughter in the Night
November 27, 2007 – Here’s Johnny: The Definitive DVD Collection From the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, is on sale now. Listen >
Man from U.N.C.L.E.
November 20, 2007 – Catching up with the man from UNCLE. Listen >
The Sound of the Silent
November 13, 2007 – The 1926 classic film, The Battleship Potemkin, has been restored and is available just in time for the holidays. Listen >
Inland Empire
October 23, 2007 – The latest bad dream from David Lynch. Listen >
The “Necessary” War
October 16, 2007 –. The epic PBS documentary series, The War tells the story of World War II through rare film footage—and the recollections of those who were there. Listen >
Musical Memories...
October 9, 2007 – That’s Entertainment on DVD. Listen >
Remembering the Men in the Moon
October 2, 2007 – Moon walker Neil Armstrong utters some of the most famous words of the 20th century in the stirring climax of a gripping new documentary, In the Shadow of the Moon. Listen >
Finding the Funny in Aging
September 25, 2007 – You can laugh out loud about growing old with Robert Klein’s latest DVD collection. Listen >
The Wisdom of the Ages
September 18, 2007 – Hal Holbrook tries to advise a young wanderer in the new movie, Into the Wild, directed by Sean Penn. Listen >
Boynton Beach Club
September 11, 2007 – A film created with the 50-plus generation in mind. Listen >
A Classic New Western
September 4, 2007 – Peter Fonda and his posse head out for a rendezvous with a prison train—along with their prisoner, a cool bandit played by Russell Crowe, in the new western adventure 3:10 to Yuma. Listen >
LINKS: The Official website of 3:10 to Yuma
Alan Arkin
August 28, 2007 – The new comedy, Raising Flagg, is Alan Arkin’s first starring role since his Oscar-winning part in last year’s Little Miss Sunshine, and once again, he shows himself to be a constantly surprising actor, a masterful performer who can utterly disappear into his character. Listen >
LINKS: The Official website of Raising Flagg
September Dawn
August 21, 2007 – Oscar winner Jon Voight urges his followers to murder in the name of God in the controversial new movie, September Dawn.
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51 Birch Street
August 14, 2007 – Do we really want to know all about our parents? Listen >
LINKS: 51 Birch Street Website
A Midsummer Culture Lover’s Dream
August 7, 2007 – A teenaged Mickey Rooney chews the scenery as Puck in the 1935 movie production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream—part of new collection of classic Hollywood Shakespeare adaptations on DVD. Listen >
Summertime Toons
July 31, 2007 – If you want to re-visit your favorite sixties TV characters, pick up the new DVD collection, “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Volume Three”—an outrageously subversive compilation of Saturday morning favorites. Listen >
Classic Movie Lines
July 24, 2007 - What's your favorite "movie line"? Listen >
Cause and Effects
July 17, 2007 – Star Wars tops the movie industry’s Visual Effects list for most influential visual effects of all time. Listen >
LINKS: Visual Effects Website
Hot Summer Salsa
July 10, 2007 – Carlos Santana, Steve Jordan, The Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz, and singer-actor Ruben Blades—on the first-ever DVD release of the concert film, Caliente Y Picante: A Latino Lesson. Listen >
A Man in a World of Super Women
July 3, 2007 – Evening, a sumptuous, classic saga of epic love, is in theaters now. Listen >
A Country Boy Makes Good
June 26, 2007 – Frank Sutton, as poor old Sergeant Carter, meets his match in the first episode of Gomer Pyle, USMC, the 1964 series that made a household name of its star, Jim Nabors. The show’s complete second season is now available on DVD. Listen >
The Soundies of Music
June 19, 2007 – Jumpin’ and Jivin’– a delightful new collection is now available on DVD. Listen >
Unreasonable Man
June 12, 2007 – Many say Ralph Nader cost Al Gore the presidency, but in the documentary An Unreasonable Man, a warts-and-all look at his career, Nader takes another perspective. Listen >
Reopening Dr. Caligari’s Cabinet
June 5, 2007 – A young carnival-goer gets some very bad news from a sleep-walking fortuneteller in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a new remake of the 1919 German silent classic, now on DVD. Listen >
The Best of Broadway Plays
May 29, 2007 – Morgan Freeman, one of the theater’s great voices, speaks one of the great monologues of all time, from Shakespeare’s As You Like It—just one highlight from a new DVD, The Best of the Tony Awards, The Plays.
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A Love Letter to Paris
May 22, 2007 - Emily Mortimer and Rufuis Sewell bicker their way through a Parisian cemetery in the new anthology film, Paris Je t’aime. Listen >
Gary Sinise and a tribute to veterans!
May 15, 2007 - Oscar nominee Gary Sinese will host the National Memorial Day concert on PBS May 27. Listen >
LINKS: Vetting the VA on the AARP Website
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
May 8, 2007 - David Nelson discusses a sensitive situation with his parents in a 1960 episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriett—the classic series that’s never been seen on DVD until now. Listen >
The Duke at 100
May 1, 2007 - John Wayne would have been 100 this month, and 28 years after his death from cancer, he’s still one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Listen >
Links: John Wayne's website
Dealing with Robert Duvall
April 24, 2007 - Oscar winner Robert Duvall has some words with his son, played by Eric Bana, in the new movie, Lucky You. Listen >
Window Watchers
April 17, 2007 - Disturbia revisits a Hitchcock classic.
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A Late Bloomer and His Final Curtain
April 10, 2007 – We were told his name was Larry Bud Melman—and for the next two decades, Larry, whose real name was Calvert DeForest, made dozens of appearances with David Letterman. Listen >
In Springtime, Diamonds are a moviegoers best friend
April 3, 2007 – If The Natural is the most stirring baseball movie ever, another film now out on DVD for the first time may be the funniest: Kill the Umpire, starring William Bendix. Listen >
"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"
March 27, 2007 – The Soap that changed television is now available on DVD. Listen >
Mickey Rooney and a life in the movies
March 20, 2007 – Ben Stiller faces an apologetic Dick Van Dyke and a really feisty Mickey Rooney in the smash film Night at the Museum, now on DVD. Listen >
A Return to Neverland
March 13, 2007 – Peter Pan meets his match in the feisty Wendy in Walt Disney’s 1953 classic Peter Pan, now out on a two-disc special edition DVD. Listen >
Amazing Grace
March 6, 2007 – The great Albert Finney bares his soul as John Newton—the reformed slave trader who found God and wrote one of the world’s most beloved hymns, in the new film Amazing Grace. Listen >
The Lives of Others
February 27, 2007 – The Lives of Others is the winner of this year’s Movies for Grownups Best Foreign Film Award. Listen >
Movies at the Museum
February 20, 2007 – The Phillips Collection exhibition, called Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film, runs through May 20th. Listen >
LINKS: The Phillips Collection exhibition
The Black and White Superspy
February 13, 2007 – Johnny Rivers sings one of the great TV theme songs of all time, the opening for perhaps the brainiest Spy series ever, Secret Agent. Listen >
Canned Laughter
February 6, 2007 – If you’ve ever been fired – there’s probably someone in this new movie you can relate to. Fired! Is now in theatres. Listen >
Movies Even a Grownup can Love
January 30, 2007 – The 2007 Movies For Grownups Awards! Listen >
James Bond goes West
January 23, 2007 – Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson face off as a pair of embittered Civil War veterans in the new epic western, Seraphim Falls. Listen >
A Perfectly Frank Sinatra
January 16, 2007 – A new five-disc DVD set: Sinatra Las Vegas is on sale now! Listen >
Gone Toon Soon
January 9, 2007 – Remembering Joe Barbera. Listen >
The Last Standup
January 2, 2007 – Phyllis Diller says goodbye. Listen >
The Painted Veil
December 26, 2006 – Edward Norton and the lost art of grownup love stories. Listen >
Rocky’s Road
December 19, 2006 – Sly Stallone is back in the ring!
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The Toast of Christmas
December 12, 2006 – A new look at Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol! Listen >
Looking Smart
December 5, 2006 - Would you believe Get Smart! is coming to DVD for the first time? Barbara “Agent 99” Feldon remembers Don Adams. Listen >
A Spirited Season at the Cinema
November 28, 2006 - Two surprise hits are finding a faith-full audience. Nativity Story costar Oscar Isaac tells why. Listen >
49-Up
November 14, 2006 - Director Michael Apted talks about his every-seven-years documentary series, tracing the lives of a group of 49-year-olds he’s been filming since they were seven. Listen >
Goodnight, George
November 7, 2006 - As nine classic George Burns TV specials come to DVD, we chat with George and Gracie’s son, Ronnie. Listen >
Terry Gilliam's Tideland
October 31, 2006 - And Now For Something Completely Dark from the Monty Python Director.
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PDQ Bach is Back
October 24, 2006 - Professor Peter Schickele conducts his first live concert DVD in Houston, and boy, do they have a problem! Listen >
SCTV Now on DVD
October 17, 2006 - A Sketch In Time: Joe Flaherty and the beginnings of SCTV. Listen >
Horror Collection
October 10, 2006 - Screams on an autumn night - six scary classics on DVD. Listen >
Movies For Grownups Film Festival
October 3, 2006 - Enjoy over a dozen mature films and documentaries at AARP's Life@ 50+ National Event and Expo in Anaheim, California. Listen >
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