Scheck on the Arts

Ariel Vroman's thriller The Angel recounts the true-life story of Ashraf Marwan, the son-in-law of Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser, who becaame a spy for Israel's Mossad. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan and Ray Stevenson star in the thriller Final Score, about terrorists threatening to destroy a stadium filled with people during a soccer game. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Dana Delany, Lea DeLaria and Chaunta Wayans are among the stars of Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties, Jen Silverman's absurdist comedy about five very different women named Betty. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The inspirational drama Unbroken: Path to Redemption continues the story of Louis Zamperini after he returned home from the war and experienced a spiritual crisis. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----------Frank Scheck

A personality shifting serial killer keeps his latest victim captive in Brian M. Conley and Nathan Ives' horror film The Basement, featuring Mischa Barton. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

Anne Edmond's bio-film Nelly is based on the life and literary works of Nelly Arcan, a French-Canadian sex worker who became a best-selling novelist. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Jennifer Garner plays a mother turned violent vigilante after her husband and young daughter are gunned down in Peppermint, the new action film from Pierre Morel (Taken). To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A young widow struggles to raise her daughter amidst financial woes in God Bless the Broken Road, the new faith-based film from the director of God's Not Dead. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck