Sometimes you just don't connect with a film in any way. A half hour into “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” (1990) I was wondering why anything that was happening was actually happening. After that, I focused
The main body of this review was written by John Puccio in 2002 for the MGM/UA DVD releasethat year. The rest of the review was written by Christopher Long in regards to the 2014 Blu-ray release by Cr
Like many of the characters in John Cassavetes' films, Sarah Lawson (Gena Rowlands, Cassavetes' wife) is all impulse and no filter. To want or to need is to act immediately on that desire with no thou
Part sweetly predictable coming-of-age story, part loving 80’s movie throwback, “Ping Pong Summer” sits in that comfortable spot between empty nostalgia and cloying earnestness. Newcomer Marcello
*Man is a religious animal . . . the only religious animal that has the true religion—several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn’
“The Suspect” stars Yoo Gong as Ji Dong-cheol an quiet yet deadly agent from North Korea who has defected to South Korea. When we meet Ji he is reeling from the murder of his wife and daughter and
Pixar takes the same kind of pride and care with their “Toy Story” characters as Walt Disney did with his beloved Mickey Mouse. Whether it’s a major motion picture, a half-hour TV special, or one of t
"The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" and "Fun and Fancy Free" are being billed as a 2-Movie Collection, but this release could just as easily have been called a 3-Movie Collection. Also includ
On the heels of what will probably be a relatively successful new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film, Paramount is releasing a documentary that takes the entire franchise back to its roots. And what
When I took psychology in college, my instructor told the class about a study that was conducted by a well-rounded team of psychologists. The study was to see how a person's IQ measured up to their ov
The people who made “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” must suffer from Jan Brady Syndrome—the second child who’s forever in the shadow of an older sibling. In the case of this 1971 Disney blend of live
Sometimes critics can overanalyze a book or film when it can be as simple as one thing: the “wow” factor. People were flat-out wowed by “[The Little Mermaid](http://moviemet.com/review/little-mermaid