Scheck on the Arts

Tyler Perry's Temptation has the prolific multi-hyphenate filmmaker delivering a heavy-handed morality tale about adultery. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Rescue in the Philippines movingly recounts the little-known story of how some 1,300 Jewish refugees were taken in by that then-U.S. colony. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Code of the West is a new documentary about the political battles that led to the repeal of Montana's pioneering medical marijuana law. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The entertaining off-Broadway musical F#%king Up Everything is set in Brooklyn's hip indie rock scene. To read my New York Post review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Piggy Nation: The Musical! is a charming new children's show that teaches important life lessons. To read my New York Post review, click here.

A top-notch cast including James McAvoy, Mark Strong and Peter Mullan goes into full macho mode for Welcome to the Punch. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this British crime film, click here.

----Frank Scheck

The new off-Broadway drama The Drowning Girls movingly relates the true-life tale of three women who were killed by their husband, George Joseph Smith, during the Edwardian era. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Emily Mortimer plays the title role in Leonie, the new bio-pic about the mother of famed sculptor Isamu Noguchi. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Adrien Brody, Lindsay Lohan, Rob Schneider and Michelle Rodriguez are among those starring in the abysmal sketch comedy film InAPPropriate Behavior. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Clown extraordinaire Bello Nock strikes out on his own with his solo show Bello Mania at the New Victory Theater. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The documentary You Don't Need Feet to Dance tells the moving story of disabled African performer Sidiki Conde. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The low-budget horror film Come Out and Play concerns a vacationing American couple fighting off gangs of murderous children. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Bebe Neuwirth is performing her terrific new cabaret show Stories With Piano #4 at 54 Below. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The new off-Broadway comedy For Love depicts the tortured love lives of three Dublin women. To read my New York Post review, click here.

----Frank Scheck