Scheck on the Arts

Richard Nelson's play Illyria depicts the beginnings of the Public Theater and its free Shakespeare productions in Central Park under the leadership of Joe Papp. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The off-Broadway musical Red Roses, Green Gold, about a family of con artists, uses some two dozen Grateful Dead songs by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Kevin Sorbo plays an atheist who finds God after a near-death experience in Let There Be Light, executive produced by Sean Hannity. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The fiendishly clever serial killer appears to be back from the dead in Jigsaw, the eighth installment of the hugely successful horror film franchise. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Antonio Banderas plays a man who takes the law into his own hands in Isaac Florentine's action-thriller Acts of Vengeance. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Miles Teller plays a war veteran suffering from PTSD in Thank You for Your Service, directed by Jason Hall, screenwriter of American Sniper. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

An American and a Russian tennis player square off in The Last Match, the sports-themed drama by Anna Ziegler, author of Photograph 51. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck