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.
I always cherish Thanksgiving week for ringing in the amazing end-of-year movie season. We not only get an onslaught of awards contenders, but also a slew of family films and blockbusters. And it all starts now.
There’s a lot more to a good bio-pic than just showing a historical figure’s influential actions and achievements that are already taught in schools and well-known. A strong bio-pic should explore a person’s inne...
Aside from ‘A Christmas Story‘ and ‘Christmas Vacation‘, there’s isn’t another Christmas-themed flick released during my lifetime that I consider a necessary holiday movie. Much to my surprise, ...
Considering how well Season 7 of ‘Sunny’ has crammed in jokes about Fat Mac, you might expect the episode titled ‘How Mac Got Fat’ to be one of the season’s very best. Alas, it’s just an average...
‘Hugo’ couldn’t be a more difficult film to review. While I personally enjoyed all 127 3D minutes of it, I know that a lot of people won’t. More importantly, I can tell you about all of the things in the mo...
The Muppets have always been an eclectic little group of characters whose comedy requires an acquired taste. Given my strong review for their new movie, simply titled ‘The Muppets’, you could easily jump to the conclus...
If you haven’t noticed by now, the ‘Twilight Saga’ is completely critic-proof. Despite warranting a low 27% Rotten Tomatoes score, the fourth installment of the series just earned the rank of fifth highest-grossi...
With yet another ‘Twilight’ movie and a sequel to the dancing penguin animated flick both opening nationwide this weekend, there’s something new out there for everyone – except anyone with taste. If Clooney’...
Disclaimer: I’ve never picked up a single ‘Twilight’ book and I’ve given two of the three previous movies terrible reviews. (The exception was ‘Eclipse’, which actually had a straightforward plo...
While the story in ‘The Gang Gets Trapped’ is definitely not one of the show’s best, it places the Gang in the best possible scenario for inspiring hilariously quotable dialogue. Once again, Dennis’ verbal ...
‘Puss in Boots’ dropped a mere 23% in its third weekend, bringing in another $25 million. The ‘Shrek’ spin-off hopped over the $100 million mark, but didn’t make enough to stop an epic underdog from t...
I love watching bad movies tank at the box office. Unfortunately, even the worst of Adam Sandler’s movies still typically gross more than $100 million, so I probably won’t get to laugh at him come Monday. But I’m...