Scheck on the Arts

Danny Huston directs and stars in The Last Photograph, about a grieving father desperately searching for a stolen photograph of him and his dead son. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel chronicles the efforts of Israel's national team, composed entirely of Jewish-American players, to compete in the World Baseball Classic. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Jamie Catto's documentary Becoming Nobody illustrates the lessons of famed spiritual teacher Ram Dass. To read my Hollywood Reporter, click here.

Paul Taublieb's documentary Blink of an Eye profiles former car racer Michael Waltrip and his fateful friendship with racing legend Dale Earnhardt Sr. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Veteran British actress Sheila Hancock plays an octogenarian intent on fulfilling her dream of climbing a mountain in Simon Hunter's drama Edie. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Original songwriters Alan Menken and David Zippel have contributed five new songs to the new stage adaptation of the 1997 Disney animated film Hercules, featuring a cast of 200 and playing a free, weeklong run in Central Park. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Ben Kingsley plays an aging Mossad agent investigating a company suspected of selling chemical weapons in Eran Riklis' spy thriller Spider in the Web. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Bruce Davison appears in Itsy Bitsy, Micah Gallo's horror film about a giant spider that terrorizes a single mother and her two young children. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck