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.
Even though we never once seen him pick up a pen, Robert De Niro’s possibly crazy character in ‘Being Flynn’ is always talking about a book he’s writing – not just any book, but a masterpiece. As I sat watc...
Big and expensive blockbusters opening in March scare me. You never know if you’re going to get something awesome like ‘300‘ or a wretched waste of time like ‘Watchmen‘. (Yes, it’s by coincidenc...
If you go into ‘Friends with Kids’ expecting to see a comedy in the vein of ‘Bridesmaids‘ (which is what the ads make it out to be), you’ll probably be disappointed. ‘Friends with Kids’ is...
It’s difficult to explain how awesome ‘John Carter’ is, but it’s even harder to get others amped up to see the movie. I blame the marketing. No trailer or television spot does anything positive for the film...
If anyone had told me in advance that a heavy-handed animated flick about deforestation and evil greedy corporations would open to more than $70 million, I would have called them a fool. There’s no way that such a movie coul...
By now, I’ve made my opinions on the found-footage genre more than clear. As much as I loathe these movies, I haven’t hated one as much as ‘Project X’ until now, and I doubt that any future release will eve...
On my Facebook profile page, in the section that asks for political preferences, mine says, “Who cares? What movie is opening this weekend?” When it comes time to vote, that’s when I pay attention to politics… bu...
Both of this week’s big openers fail at doing what they’re meant to do. The animated family flick is chock full of less-than-entertaining content and the R-rated comedy isn’t funny in the slightest. Mark this up ...
The televised broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony usually takes a small bite out of box office earnings, but that wasn’t the case with this weekend’s top flick.
Part of me feels bad for bashing ‘Act of Valor’, because doing so might paint me as unpatriotic. Nonetheless, I have to fulfill my moral and critical obligations by telling you just how bad it is and why you shouldn...
From the director of ‘Role Models‘ comes another hilarious and unique collaboration with Paul Rudd. ‘Wanderlust’ isn’t going to be a huge comedy on the scale of ‘Bridesmaids‘ or ‘The...
Out of this weekend’s four nationwide openers, two were screened for press in my region and two were not. One of the titles I saw is so bad that it definitely should not have been, and it’s surprisingly the one receivi...