Scheck on the Arts

Andrew Wakefield's controversial documentary Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, receiving a hurried theatrical release after being bumped from the Tribeca Film Festival, attempts to prove the link between the MMR vaccine and autism. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

A schoolteacher goes on trial for mentioning Jesus in her classroom in God's Not Dead 2, the sequel to the hit 2014 faith-based film. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A young Hasidic yashiva student has a dramatic personality change after a near-death experience in the Israeli film Tikkun. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Santino Fontana stars as John Adams in 1776, the Encores production of the Tony-winning 1969 musical about the Founding Fathers, which Lin-Manuel Miranda credits as his inspiration for Hamilton. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

A married couple deals with relationship issues after one of them spots a UFO in Brian Ackley's domestic/sci-fi drama Alienated. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Mel England and Janice Markham play the title roles in Ron and Laura Take Back America, their mockumentary about a right-wing couple fighting back against Obama's America. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck