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 ...

Six decades is a long time in the life of a chipmunk. Alvin and his brothers started life as disembodied voices on a novelty record in 1958, and first appeared in animated form in the 1961 primetime ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Comedy. Starring Jason Lee, David Cross and Cameron Richardson. Directed by Tim Hill. (PG. 92 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. "Alvin and the Chipmunks" is a movie that features ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a running joke that's lasted fifty years. It began as a novelty record featuring witch doctors in the 1950s (speeding up vocals to chipmunk squeakiness) and branched out ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks have been singing in their high-pitched voices since the 1950s, and the tiny animated crooners' names ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

Animated chipmunks just naturally don't have all those really sweet moves. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (out on Blu-ray and DVD today) is the latest cinematic effort showcasing the various ...

The three previous films in the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” franchise have grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide despite consistent, nearly unanimous critical drubbings. The newest iteration, ...

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 ...