Why are most dog movies cinematic bowwows? Beethoven, the newest entry in a sorry genre, is far less charming and funny than last year’s Bingo. And both don’t add up to the sustained adventurism and ...

“Beethoven” divides the world into two elementary, unbridgeable halves: those who are owned by dogs and those who are not. If you’ve never spent the night with a fat beagle rammed up against you, and ...

When people think of giant, lovable family dogs, one image almost always comes to mind: a drooling, barrel-bellied Saint Bernard barreling through a suburban house. And that is thanks to one movie, ...

The director made his debut on the awful “Problem Child 2” and the hero is a very shaggy dog. But happily, “Beethoven” is never dah-dah-dah-dum. The worse that can be said for this family comedy ...

“Beethoven” is the big dog movie, in which Charles Grodin, Mr. Fussy, does battle with the title creature, a 200-pound St. Bernard. Cute, anyone? Rated PG. “Thunderheart” puts Val Kilmer on an Indian ...