Scheck on the Arts

John Cena plays a by-the-books firefighter who gets saddled with caring for three children in Playing with Fire, a comedy also featuring Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo and Judy Greer. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Natalie Burn plays a getaway driver desperately trying to fulfill a series of dangerous assignments to rescue her kidnapped son in the action thriller Acceleration, also featuring Dolph Lundgren and Sean Patrick Flanery. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Veteran character actor William Fichtner directed, co-wrote and stars in Cold Brook, a low-key drama about two maintenance workers who encounter a mysterious stranger with a haunted past. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Jeremy Renner voices the role of an Arctic fox in the new animated film Arctic Dogs, also featuring vocal contributions by John Cleese, Anjelica Huston, James Franco, Heidi Klum and Alec Baldwin. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Brian Cox plays an ailing septuagenarian Scotsman who reunites with his estranged son in The Etruscan Smile, produced by six-time Oscar winner Arthur Cohn and also featuring Rosanna Arquette, Treat Williams and Thora Birch. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Danny Gold's documentary The Bronx, USA chronicles the return visit to his hometown borough of Seinfeld producer George Shapiro and some childhood friends. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck