Scheck on the Arts

The documentary The Sunshine Makers recounts the story of very different men who became two of the biggest drug dealers in history. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that recently received its world premiere at the DOC NYC festival, click here.

Virtual reality becomes actual terror for a group of tween girls in Tara Subkoff's horror film #Horror. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

A dastardly '30s-era fashion designer uses a stolen time machine to get his ideas from the future in Nick Jones' wacky farce Important Hats of the Twentieth Century. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Four friends run afoul of a mob boss played by John Travolta in Criminal Activities, marking actor Jackie Earle Haley's directorial debut. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The Illusionists--Live on Broadway, the Vegas-style touring revue featuring an assemblage of seven flamboyant magicians, is back for another New York holiday engagement. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Bernardo Ruiz's  documentry Kingdom of Shadows explores the U.S.-Mexico drug war through the perspectives of three very different figures. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Star Wars and the Power of Costume is nirvana for fans. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the Discover Times Square exhibit featuring 70 costumes and artifacts from the first six films and more from the upcoming The Force Awakens, click here.

Three American tourists discover that the ancient city of Jerusalem is one of the three gates to hell in the found-footage horror film Jeruzalem. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently featured at the Other Israel Film Festival, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Decades in the making, the egregiously bad film Dangerous Men is sure to become an instant cult classic. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Rock in the Red Zone chronicles the musical scene in Sderot, a small Israeli city under constant threat of enemy missiles. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck