Scheck on the Arts

Melania Trump sat down with Anderson Cooper to defend her husband against the allegations that he's a sexual abuser. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook on the interview, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The teenage superhero movie Max Steel recounts the origin tale of the character based on the Mattel action figure. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Actor/comedian Chris Gethard discusses his lifelong battle with mental illness and alcoholism in Career Suicide, his mordantly amusing one-man show presented by Judd Apatow. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong plays a former punk rocker turned suburban dad in the comedy/drama Ordinary World. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The late Angus Scrimm makes his final appearance as the demonic "Tall Man" in Phantasm: Ravager, the fifth and final installment of the long-running horror film series. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Johnny Simmons plays a man hitting puberty for the first time at age 30 in The Late Bloomer, a raunchy screen comedy directed by actor Kevin Pollak. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Puk Grasten's directorial debut, 37, is a fictional examination of the 1964 Kitty Genovese murder. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Kathy Bates, Glenn Close and Octavia Spencer star in The Great Gilly Hopkins, an adaptation of Katherine Paterson's acclaimed 1978 YA novel. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck