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.
Just as Universal was last year, Disney is absolutely unstoppable thus far in 2016. Not only did the latest Pixar flick debut atop the box office chart, it set the record for the largest domestic opening of all-time for an animate...
Thanks to Pixar, we’re about to see Disney’s money tree produce top-notch fruit again this year. At the same time, Kevin Hart gets another chance to test his star power in a buddy movie, and two promising indie films r...
Although many of 2016’s sequels have suffered from franchise fatigue, this weekend’s horror sequel barely showed any sign of its franchise slowing. Meanwhile, the magical heist sequel didn’t hold up as well, but ...
This weekend has caused me to write a series words that I never thought I’d string together in this specific order: The biggest release of this summer blockbuster weekend is the ‘World of Warcraft’ adaptation. Th...
When it comes to the weekend’s new movies, nothing happened as expected. The big-budget sequel underwhelmed, the romance picture outpaced expectations, and nobody bothered to see the well-reviewed comedy.
The first weekend of June brings three types of counter-programming: the Michael Bay-produced sequel to ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, a romance film adapted from a wildly successful novel, and an R-rated mockumentary...
The opening projections for Memorial Day weekend’s two big movie releases didn’t look too hot on Saturday. Ultimately, one franchise pulled through over the four-day weekend to at least meet expectations, while the oth...
Memorial Day Weekend brings a dynamic duo of sequels. One is the ninth installment (if you include ‘Deadpool’ as part of the series) in the only successful non-Disney Marvel franchise, while the other is a follow-up to...
Sony’s new animated family film may not have opened on par with Disney’s recent greats, but it still managed to boot ‘Captain America’ out of the top seat at the box office. At the same time, Seth RogenR...
This weekend’s very unexciting selection of new movies includes an adaptation of a mobile app, an unnecessary sequel, and a successful filmmaker returning to the familiar formula he relies on time and again. Even the week...
Still holding onto the top two positions at the box office, the Disney and Marvel train moves full steam ahead.
If you could invest in the box office power of each weekend’s new movie releases, this weekend would not be worth risking your money over.