Scheck on the Arts

The long gestating documentary Heart Like a Hand Grenade provides a behind-the-scenes account of the recording of Green Day's classic 2004 album American Idiot. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Ashley C. Williams plays a rape victim who takes violent revenge on men in the horror thriller Julia. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The Erwin Brothers' faith-based film Woodlawn tells the true tale of the history-making 1973 Woodlawn High School football team. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Director Jon M. Chu helms Jem and the Holograms, the big-screen adaptation of the popular '80s-era Hasbro animated series. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Robert Fontaine directs, scripts and plays the lead role in Mi America, a drama about the hate crime murder of five Hispanic migrant workers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary The Boy from Geita relates the tale of a young Tanzanian boy who was brutally attacked because of his albinism. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Marin Ireland stars in the new play Kill Floor, about a woman struggling to remake her life after being released from prison. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The horror film anthology Tales of Halloween offers 10 short films by such notable directors as Darren Lynn Bousman, Neil Marshall and Adam Gierasch. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Creator/director/choreographer James Walski's dance-heavy musical revue Trip of Love features over 25 classic pop songs of the 1960s. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Actor Colin Hanks' documentary All Things Must Pass recounts the story of the rise and fall of Tower Records. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck