Scheck on the Arts

Tyler Perry promises that his new film A Madea Family Funeral marks the last screen appearance of his foul-mouthed matriarch character. We'll see. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

A troubled female detective teams up with a young woman with hidden powers to solve a mysterious death in Joe Sills' supernatural thriller Stray. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Sharkwater Extinction, the final effort from the late documentarian Rob Stewart and a follow-up to his acclaimed 2006 film Sharkwater, once again shines a spotlight on the issue of shark preservation. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Former Trump Organization lawyer spilled his beans to the House Oversight Committee yesterday, and the hearing was the usual political theater. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The Spring Awakening team of composer Duncan Sheik and lyricist/book writer Steven Slater reunite for Alice by Heart, a new Off-Broadway musical inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Quincy Tyler Bernstine plays the title role in Marys Seacole, Jackie Sibblbies Drury's experimental drama about the real-life, 19th-century Jamaica born-healer. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck