Scheck on the Arts

A group of young scientists make the mistake of raising the dead in the new low-budget horror film The Lazarus Effect. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. Salma Hayak plays a woman fending off an endless series of assassins in the ultra-… more »

A ragtag group of superheroes protects Brooklyn in the campy new Off-Broadway musical Brooklynite, co-written and directed by Michael Mayer of Spring Awakening and American Idiot fame. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. Taylor Lautner o… more »

Emmy winner Merrit Wever stars in the Off-Broadway drama The Nether, about a dystopian society where people can act out their darkest fantasies online. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. Lives of the Saints, an evening of comic one-act… more »

Joe Lauro's documentary The Big Beat: Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll chronicles the life and career of the legendary music pioneer. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. A struggling actress descends into destructive behavior i… more »

Sonia Barrett's documentary The Business of Disease decries the pernicious effects of the medical and pharmaceutical industries. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. Dominick Bagnato's mockumenary A Convenient Truth concerns a congressman… more »