Scheck on the Arts

Robert De Niro and Zac Efron star in Dirty Grandpa, a raunchy comedy about an uptight lawyer and his randy grandfather who go on a road trip. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A young woman takes as job as a caretaker for a boy who turns out to be a life-sized doll in the horror film The Boy. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Showtime's new weekly reality series The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth goes behind the scenes with the presidential candidates on the campaign trail. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Four astronauts undergo a grueling training simulation in the sci-fi thriller 400 Days. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

A grown-up Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer have larcenous adventures in Band of Robbers, an updating of Mark Twain's classic characters set in the present day. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A woman suffering from agoraphobia can't leave her home after it's been invaded by robbers in the thriller Intruders. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

A thirtysomething couple experience relationship distress while in holiday in the Chilean film Mar. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently featured at Lincoln Center's Neighboring Scenes: New Latin American Cinema series, click here.

A polar bear who can "speak human" travels to NYC to prevent a real-estate developer from building condos in the Arctic in the animated feature Norm of the North. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate featured some heated moments between rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders (yes, Martin O'Malley was there too). To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click here.

-----Frank Scheck