Scheck on the Arts

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

Four twentysomethings are attacked by killer clowns in Tom Nagel's horror film Clowntown. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

President Obama fielded questions about Syria, the role of women in combat and the problems at the VA, among other things, at CNN's Town Hall special, America's Military and Commander in Chief. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click  here.

Judith Light stars in All the Ways to Say I Love You, Neil LaBute's one-person play about a high school teacher who describes a traumatic experience involving one of her students. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

Investigative reporter Greg Palast about widespread voter suppression in The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, the documentary he co-directed with David Ambrose. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck