Processing grief via art proves perilous in Sketch, a family adventure that, to its benefit, isn’t afraid to be sad or scary—and, better yet, still knows how to be funny. Blending tones with ...

Central to the book is Grady, played on the silver screen by Michael Douglas (“Green Eggs and Ham”), a Pittsburgh English teacher struggling to finish his next novel. Aptly titled “Wonder Boys,” the ...

A kid’s drawings come to monstrous life in the triumphant new movie “Sketch,” which should remind everyone of Steven Spielberg’s ’80s classics.