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  Welcome to this destination for reviews, news
  and musings on Theater, Film and Culture (Music,
  Cabaret, Books and more) by veteran arts writer
  and New York Post/Hollywood Reporter
  critic Frank Scheck.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

A grown-up Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer have larcenous adventures in Band of Robbers, an updating of Mark Twain's classic characters set in the present day. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A woman suffering from agoraphobia can't leave her home after it's been invaded by robbers in the thriller Intruders. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

A thirtysomething couple experience relationship distress while in holiday in the Chilean film Mar. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently featured at Lincoln Center's Neighboring Scenes: New Latin American Cinema series, click here.

A polar bear who can "speak human" travels to NYC to prevent a real-estate developer from building condos in the Arctic in the animated feature Norm of the North. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Monday, January 18, 2016

Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate featured some heated moments between rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders (yes, Martin O'Malley was there too). To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Friday, January 15, 2016

There were the usual flare-ups and heated exchanges, especially between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, at last night's GOP debate. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook on the event, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Thursdsay, January 14, 2016

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart do their patented bickering-buddy shitck in Ride Along 2, the sequel to their 2014 smash hit comedy. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The horror flick Anger of the Dead depicts the aftermath of--what else?--a zombie apocalypse. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck