Scheck on the Arts

Veteran British actress Sheila Hancock plays an octogenarian intent on fulfilling her dream of climbing a mountain in Simon Hunter's drama Edie. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Original songwriters Alan Menken and David Zippel have contributed five new songs to the new stage adaptation of the 1997 Disney animated film Hercules, featuring a cast of 200 and playing a free, weeklong run in Central Park. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Ben Kingsley plays an aging Mossad agent investigating a company suspected of selling chemical weapons in Eran Riklis' spy thriller Spider in the Web. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Bruce Davison appears in Itsy Bitsy, Micah Gallo's horror film about a giant spider that terrorizes a single mother and her two young children. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

In Kim Farrant's psychological thriller Angel of Mine, Noomi Rapace plays an emotionally disturbed woman who becomes convinced that a neighbor's young daughter is actually her own child she thought was dead. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Marjoleine Boostra's documentary The Miracle of the Little Prince explores how translations of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic novel have helped keep several esoteric languages alive. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Make Believe, the latest effort from playwright Bess Wohl, author of Small Mouth Sounds, explores the lingering effects of a traumatic event on the lives of four young children. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck