About Luke Hickman
From a young age, Luke has been obsessed with film. He studied film at Utah Valley University from 2005-08 and he reviewed movies for the weekly student publication "The College Times"/"UVU Review." Luke critiques films for "The Stubbs Show" on 101.5FM KEGA and on The Reel Place, a website that he co-created with fellow High-Def Digest writer Aaron Peck.
There’s a new king in town. ‘The Force Awakens’ owned the opening weekend box office record for a couple years, but now another Disney title – the 19th chapter of its franchise – has dethroned it. With so many mo...
After making our way through 18 movies in the connected universe – through both good and bad – the payoff to Marvel’s setup is finally here. Theater chains have been reporting new pre-sale records, wisely leaving only a coup...
The upset that I hoped for last week came along this weekend instead. Despite three new movies opening, the battle at the box office came down to Dwayne Johnson’s returning champion and John Krasinski’s quiet hit. This...
If you thought Amy Schumer’s shtick was limited to crude R-rated comedy, her latest landed a tame(r) PG-13. The Broken Lizard troupe is also back with a sequel to their most popular property.
The back-and-forth battle at the box office this weekend was more fun to watch than the movie that ultimately took the top spot. Friday totals showed the Rock’s latest with slight edge over ‘A Quiet Place’, which...
We all have our guilty pleasures. As long as they’re fun, they can be as mindless, over-the-top, and hilariously absurd as they want. Most of Dwayne Johnson’s cinematic career has consisted of guilty pleasures, and the...
This weekend’s biggest new movie is a waste of time, but because it stars The Rock, it’s still bound to make some money anyway. With that video game adaptation drawing moviegoers, few will likely bother to see the thre...
What a weekend! It’s not uncommon for scary movies to be financially profitable, but not too many become giant box office hits right out of the gate like this weekend’s newbie. In addition, the new R-rated comedy and t...
The intense horror thriller ‘A Quiet Place’ features a premise I’m surprised hasn’t been brought to the screen before. It’s so simple, yet insanely fruitful for the genre. I’m sincerely grateful...
Four new movies open in wide release and the weekend looks pretty exciting. Mind you, my positive outlook is mostly due to a single film.
Welcome to April, the month that’s quickly turning into a premature kick-off for the summer blockbuster season. Steven Spielberg’s latest opened in the last days of March, but fits into that same mold and yielded nice ...
The biggest noisemaker in March was a movie from February (‘Black Panther’), so it’s nice to close the month with something big and fun. Of course, I’m not alluding to Tyler Perry’s latest drama, nor ...