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.
Now that I’m caught up on some Blu-ray reviews, it’s time crank out the rest of my Sundance coverage. Continuing the trend of R-rated, female-driven comedies at this year’s festival was ‘For a Good Time, Ca...
Awards season always fills me with such anxiety. I worry that the films I deem worthy to win will lose to films that I completely dislike. Like other critics, I know that I’m right and anyone who disagrees with me is wrong. ...
Super Bowl weekend doesn’t usually result in big box office earnings, but this year proved otherwise. The top five movies pulled in an estimated $95.9 million, up 31% from the same period last year. Even more surprising is t...
While watching ‘Big Miracle’, thoughts will continually flood into your mind about how contrived, by-the-book and formulaic this story of a multinational effort to free three whales trapped in the arctic ice of norther...
I typically dislike the “found footage” genre. It’s one of the weakest forms of cinematic entertainment – not to mention one of the cheapest, since the filmmakers don’t have to polish the look of their movi...
As a ‘Harry Potter’ fan, I really looked forward to seeing Daniel Radcliffe’s first post-‘Potter’ role. After all, who doesn’t love a good, creepy horror movie? It’s a shame that ‘Th...
Although the worst movie month of the year is over, the first weekend of February still feels like it belongs back in January. This weekend’s releases consist of one bad movie, one fluffy movie, and one slightly above par. O...
Despite being slow and indulgent, ‘For Ellen’ is one of those small films that grows stronger after you give it some thought. At first, it may make you stir crazy and leave you wanting more, but after reflecting on it,...
As a fan of both Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul from ‘Breaking Bad’, I went into ‘Smashed’ with highest of expectations. To my surprise, they were met and surpassed.
Some films make it into the Sundance festival each year based solely on their star power. Instead of being competition films, these fall into the Premieres category. ‘Lay the Favorite’ is the best example of a star-dri...
This, the last weekend of January, turned out to be quite surprising. If you had told me in advance that an R-rated movie about a man punching-out a pack of wolves would be #1 at the box office, and that Katherine Heigl would outg...
Each year, a few movies at Sundance go on to become exceptionally hyped when they eventually receive distribution and hit big screens everywhere. Although ‘The Raid’ has been in the festival circuit for a few months no...