Scheck on the Arts

Here are two of my Hollywood Reporter reviews of films recently featured in the New Voices in Black Cinema Festival:

Gone Too Far concerns the culture clash between a British teenager and his older Nigerian brother. To read the review, click here.

C.J. "Fiery" Obasi's Nigerian zombie flick Ojuju brings the familiar undead creatures to a new and exotic setting. To read the review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The horror film Pod concerns a PTSD-afflicted veteran who claims to be the victim of a mysterious government conspiracy. To read my Hollywood Reporter of the film recently screened at SXSW, click here.

A family unwittingly falls victim to a home invader who keeps them under constant surveillance in the found-footage suspenser Hangman. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film screened at SXSW, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The documentary Freeway: Crack in the System recounts the story of Freeway Rick Ross, one of the most successful drug kinpins of the 1980s. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Ross Partridge stars in his screen adaptation of the novel Lamb, about the disturbing friendship that develops between a middle-aged man and an 11-year-old girl. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at SXSW, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Malcom Ingram's documentary Out to Win explores the lives and careers of gay athletes past and present. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at SXSW, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman head an international cast in the sword-clashing tale of revenge and honor Last Knights. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A supposedly brilliant unproduced screenplay becomes an object of obsession in the twisty film thriller 3 Holes and a Smoking Gun. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck