Kind of a Big Wheel: The 50th Anniversary of Disney’s “The Love Bug”

By Michael LyonsThe years following Walt Disney’s death in 1966 were some of the most challenging for the Studio that he had started.  Most of the films produced during this time were somewhat by-the-numbers family fare.Most of these films starred actor Dean Jones, most of them featured slapstick humor and most of...

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“In the Lilt of Irish Laughter:” Celebrating “Waking Ned Devine.”

By Michael Lyons“Is there a greater twist of fate...to win half a million and the next minute die from the shock of it.”This line of dialogue is the central theme of 1998’s “Waking Ned Devine,” a movie that looks at the ironies of life, how fragile life is and how we can create a wonderful legacy for others, once we leave...

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