Scheck on the Arts

Bryce Pinkham and Corbin Blue star in Holiday Inn, the new Broadway musical based on the classic Bing Crosby-Fred Astaire film, featuring songs by Irving Berlin. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A middle schooler goes to war with his rules-obsessed principal in Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, a family comedy adapted from James Patterson's best-selling book series. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Hallie Foote stars in The Roads to Home, the off-Broadway revival of three interrelated one-acts by her two-time Academy Award winning father, Horton Foote. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Josh Brolin narrates Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story, a documentary about the U.S. Army officer who led the last horse cavalry charge in American military history. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Tim Kaine and Mike Pence sparred in their first and only vice presidential debate on Tuesday night. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click here.

A lonely Tibetan shepherd becomes romantically involved with a sophisticated younger woman in Pema Tseden's festival favorite, Tharlo. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Kurios--Cabinet of Curiosities, the latest big top extravaganza from Cirque du Soleil, delivers dazzling circus acts in a 19th century, steampunk-infused setting. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The indie film Dick and Jack imagines a series of conversations between Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, and their respective fathers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Teenage mutants battle malevolent forces in Maximum Ride, based on James Patterson's best-selling series of YA books. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck