Scheck on the Arts

A thirtysomething couple decide to spice up their relationship by finding someone to participate in a threesome in Robert Schwartzman's bawdy romantic comedy The Unicorn. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Asa Butterfield, Maisie Williams and Nina Dobrev star in Then Came You, Peter Hutching's comedy/drama about the friendship between a hypochrondriac and a terminally ill teenager. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Jimi Hendrix's last major concert appearance before his death is the centerpiece of the documentary Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church, featuring footage that went undeveloped for decades. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Three young women play dangerous psychological games in Mitzi Peirone's stylized horror thriller Braid. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Mark Duplass and Ray Romano play misfit friends who go on a road trip after one of them is diagnosed with terminal cancer in the Netflix dramedy Paddleton. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, click here.

Henrik Georgsson's documentary Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Played with Fire delivers a biographical portrait of the author of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy who spent much of his career investigating right-wing political organizations. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently featured at the Sundance Film Festival, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano star in the new Broadway revival of True West, Sam Shepard's  1980 about two warring brothers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Tom Arnold and Sean Astin star in Dead Ant, Ron Carlson's campy horror comedy about giant ants terrorizing aging rockers in the California desert. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

An inmate manipulates a female prison guard into helping him escape in Jon Kauffman's indie drama Heartlock. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck