Scheck on the Arts

Family tensions escalate after a matriarch suffers a stroke in War, the latest provocative drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, author of  An Octoroon and Gloria.  To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Mark Strong plays an astronaut on an ill-fated mission to Mars in the sci-fi thriller Approaching the Unknown. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Victor Kanefsky's documentary Art Bastard presents an intimate portrait of the iconoclastic artist Robert Cenedella. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover star, sort of, in the dystopian sci-fi thriller Andron. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

James Demo's documentary The Peacemaker profiles a celebrated peace negotiator who has had less success taming his inner demons. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at Toronto's Hot Docs festival, click here.

A public relations expert working for an international aid organization succumbs to the lures of drugs and sex in the German film drama The Weather Inside. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The hard-shelled superheroes are back in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the sequel to their 2014 franchise reboot, featuring Megan Fox, Will Arnett and Laura Linney. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Andy Samberg plays a singer/rapper whose burgeoning solo career gets derailed in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, a mockumentary written and directed by the members of  The Lonely Island. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The intimate documentary As I AM: The Life and Time$ of DJ AM recounts the trailblazing career and tragic untimely death of the superstar DJ. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Zimbelism chronicles the life and career of famed photographer George Zimbel. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at Toronto's Hot Docs, click here.

------Frank Scheck