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.
This weekend brings two big movies: a pricy Disney franchise that has been on hiatus for six years, and an R-rated adaptation of a once-popular television series. Knowing that Disney’s blockbuster is going to dominate the bo...
The #1 movie in America is currently Ridley Scott’s return to facehuggers and xenomorphs. However, that may not be the case when the weekend actuals are announced later today.
Three big new movies come out this weekend, yet it feels like there aren’t any good options. Ridley Scott has a disappointing ‘Alien’ prequel / ‘Prometheus’ sequel on 3D and IMAX screens, while a four...
It was a rough weekend to be a new movie. Friday’s releases not only had to contend against last week’s knockout hit, but against bad marketing, warm weather and Mother’s Day.
While ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ already has the box office locked up once again for this weekend, two new movies, each appealing to a different target demographic, will fight to draw audiences looking for an alternativ...
The 2017 summer blockbuster season officially kicked off this weekend with a Marvel sequel that dominated the box office. If Warner Bros. and Fox think their respective ‘King Arthur’ and ‘Snatched’ stand a ...
After sitting at the top of the charts for nearly a month, the latest ‘Fast and Furious’ flick is about to meet its fate. With $154 million already tucked under its belt from an early international opening, Marvel Stud...
While Vin Diesel and company topped the charts for the third consecutive week, two new movies – one of which didn’t even rate a mention in Friday’s Weekend Movies post – are getting the most attention in terms of box o...
Last week’s five dud movies have nothing on this weekend’s new releases. ‘The Fate of the Furious’ is bound to take them down as well. A wildcard Blumhouse picture just might be the best bet.
Five new movies opened in the shadow of last week’s ‘Fate of the Furious’ and not a single one of them came close making a dent in the Top 10. In fact, all five underperformed and two completely backfired. Fortun...
After last week’s $100 million opening of the latest ‘Fast and Furious’ sequel, it’s surprising to see so many new movies being thrown at us this weekend. No title would go head-to-head against Vin Diesel a...
When the original ‘Fast and Furious’ movie opened in 2001, if a fortune-teller had told me that the eighth installment of the franchise would draw the biggest worldwide opening weekend of all time, I’d have immed...