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  Welcome to this destination for reviews, news
  and musings on Theater, Film and Culture (Music,
  Cabaret, Books and more) by veteran arts writer
  and New York Post/Hollywood Reporter
  critic Frank Scheck.

April 18, 2024

Criminals get more than they bargained for when they kidnap the daughter of an underworld figure in the Abigail, the new Radio Silence horror film starring Dan Stevens and Melissa Barrera and featuring Alisha Weir in the title role. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

April 14, 2024

Zoe Saldana and Garrett Hedlund co-star in The Absence of Eden, Marco Perego's debut feature revolving around a woman forced to flee Mexico and an ICE agent. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

April 12, 2024

The classic YA novel The Outsiders, previously made into a hit 1983 film, has been unconvincingly adapted as a Broadway musical. To read my New York Stage Review review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

April 11, 2024

Samuel L. Jackson plays a Chicago detective sent to Scotland to help investigate a series of ritual murders in Terry McDonough's thriller Damaged, co-starring Vincent Cassel. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

April 10, 2024

Simone Joy Jones plays the Christina Applegate role in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, a new spin on the 1991 dark comedy. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck