Scheck on the Arts

The biopic Pele: Birth of a Legend recounts the superstar's rise from poverty to scoring the winning goal in Brazil's first World Cup victory in 1958. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Bruce Willis play warring criminals in the action thriller Precious Cargo. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

An 11-year-old girl encounters a family who will live forever in Tuck Everlasting, the new Broadway musical adapted from the classic children's book. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Beyonce's new "visual album" Lemonade made its world premiere on HBO last Saturday night and was an immediate sensation. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook on the film, click here.

The documentary We the People: The Market Basket Effect chronicles the employee and customer boycott that ensued after the beloved CEO of a regional supermarket chain was ousted. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Mel Brooks and Sarah Silverman are among the many well-known commentators in The Last Laugh, Ferne Pearlstein's documentary exploring taboos in comedy. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Sylvie Rakob's documentary Love Thy Nature examines our deteriorating relationship with the natural world. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Kevin Smith is among the notable directors contributing to the horror anthology film Holidays. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Eddie Murphy plays a rare dramatic role in Bruce Beresford's Mr. Church, about a man hired to cook for a dying woman and her young daughter. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

The new anthology film Madly features six short films about romance and sex by international directors. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Mexican star Omar Chaparro plays a cop who teams up with a teenage computer hacker in the action-buddy comedy Compadres. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Michael Levine's documentary Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream relates the history of the venerable matzo company that lasted for over a century in NYC's Lower East Side. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck