The We Are Family Blogathon Has Arrived

Welcome to the We Are Family Blogathon! It’s finally HERE, y’all. Who’s excited about this? I’m psyched to read everyone’s entries, and we have quite a variety, so yeah, let’s do this.

You all know the drill. Please send me your articles throughout the weekend and I’ll update this post as soon as I can. You can either leave a comment here, use my Contact page, or send me the post via Twitter/X, Bluesky, or Instagram (all @TakingUpRoom), or you can e-mail me at rebeccadeniston@gmail.com. And we all know WordPress has been a little weird with comments for a while, so if it seems your comment hasn’t gone through, feel free to contact me another way.

And if anyone would like to join us, please feel free. All the details can be found here.

All right, everyone, here we go…

Sally from 18 Cinema Lane kicks things off with a look at one of the times Dick van Dyke’s son Barry guest-starred on Diagnosis Murder.

Rich from By Rich Watson keeps things going with the 1994 movie, The Taking of Pelham 123, a shared credit of Hector Elizondo and wife Carolee Campbell.

Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews goes bionic with Lee Majors Sr. and Jr. in 1994’s Bionic Ever After?.

Maddy from Classic Film and TV Corner pays tribute to the wonderful and multi-talented Mills Family.

John Reiber introduces us to Neil Connery, brother to Sean, and his one and only film credit, 1967’s Operation Kid Brother.

Le from Crítica Retrô looks into the life and film career of Jack Pickford, Mary’s younger brother.

J-Dub from Dubsism opens The Rockford Files starring James Garner, and occasionally featuring James’s brother, Jack.

Here’s my post about 1934’s Lost In the Stratosphere, starring William Cagney, James Cagney’s younger brother and the inspiration for this blogathon.

Emily from The Flapper Dame brings us her thoughts on the classic 1963 western, McClintock!, starring John Wayne and his son, Patrick.

John from Tales From the Freakboy Zone has some things to say about Scream Queens and Julia Roberts’ niece, Emma.

Kayla from Whimsically Classic discusses those infamously talented sisters, Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.

Virginie from The Wonderful World Of Cinema looks at the storied Redgrave family and the 1966 film, Georgy Girl.

Keep ’em coming, everyone! Look out for a wrapup post on Monday as well. Thanks, all…