Scheck on the Arts

Ken August Meyer's documentary Angel Applicant chronicles his struggle with the life-threatening disease systemic scleroderma and the comfort he took in the artworks of Paul Klee. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that recently received its world premiere at SXSW, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Zachary Levi returns as the title character in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, the follow-up to the DC superhero film, with newcomers Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu and Rachel Zegler as villainous Greek goddesses. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Keanu Reeves returns as the title character for John Wick: Chapter Four, the latest action-packed extravaganza in the hugely successful film franchise. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Here are two of my Hollywood Reporter film reviews from SXSW 2023:

Eva Longoria directs Flamin' Hot, about Richard Montañez, the Mexican American janitor who claims to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos. To read my review, click here.

Scott Alexander Ruderman and Rachael Dyer's scathing documentary Pay or Die deals with the often devastating financial toll of life-saving medicine for people suffering from diabetes. To read my review, click here.

Jessica Chastain stars in a radically minimalist staging of Ibsen's classic A Doll's House on Broadway. To read my New York Stage Review review, click here.

A not-so-tall teenager sets out to prove he can dunk a basketball in the charming new Disney+ film Chang Can Dunk, from writer-director Jingyi Shao. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck