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.
Some people believe that God occasionally intervenes and tries to stop us from making mistakes. When the projector at my ‘Footloose’ screening broke, causing the show to start 80-something minutes late, I should have t...
John Carpenter’s 1982 ‘The Thing‘ is revered as one of the best horror movies of all time. For those who hold the film with such high esteem, rest assured that the remake (also titled ‘The Thing’) doe...
Back in August, Den of Geek posted an article asking whether CG movie monsters are frightening or not. The question arose when writer Simon Brew realized how little fear the alien creatures of ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ an...
While last week’s ‘Sunny’ starts off in a typical place, it really does gradually turn into the Gang’s darkest, most inappropriate hour – but it does so with several unforgettably hilarious and quotable mom...
It’s little surprise that a big dumb popcorn movie gave the beatdown to a smart and thrilling political drama this weekend, but it’s absolutely astonishing that the three-week-old ‘Dolphin Tale’ has grossed...
It’s awesome when the award-contending titles start rolling out. The best time of the year, for film lovers, is upon us. This week we get to see Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman all stru...
Have you ever seen a movie that doesn’t know what it’s trying to be? Films with such identity crises are train wrecks. You’d think that the bigger they are, the harder they’d fall, making for fun disasters ...
Young campaign staffer Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling) wholeheartedly believes in the power of politics and democracy. He believes that if the right candidate can make it to the Oval Office, the power can be restored to the people. A...
There’s one piece of ‘Sunny’ charm that often goes unnoticed – the Gang’s background dialog as the time and day cards play. If you’ve never listened to it, pay attention. Like the intros to many ̵...
Much to my surprise and completely against my predictions, two animal movies – one a 3D re-release and the other a painfully formulaic and blandly manipulative family drama – are dominating the box office. In its second weekend, &...
We’ve got a few more weeks of mostly dud films before we’re off to the busy awards season. Fortunately, nearly all of the next five weekends hold at least one film to help get us through. Although dealing with heavy an...
Films with dark or depressing subject matter are hard to get excited for. In all reality, who gets pumped up to see a movie portraying something absolutely grim? Nobody. However, while the prospect of watching Joseph Gordon-Levitt...