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.
Last week’s win for ‘The Lego Movie’ carried through to President’s Day weekend as well. The film’s light 27% drop in attendance was an amazing holdover, and the $50 million second weekend pushed its ...
This lovely weekend, three remakes will go head-to-head, each aiming for a different demographic. Like usual, the Valentine’s Day release that looks best is the non-romantic counter-programming.
This weekend, the Lego brand had a huge win, George Clooney had his best-ever directorial debut, and another horrible-looking Young Adult adaptation flopped. Everything is awesome!”
This weekend brings another famous toy to the big screen, a drama that got kicked out of an awards season slot, and yet another adaptation of Young Adult book series. Can you guess which two might be worth checking out?
The Super Bowl inevitably brings down theatrical box office numbers, as people stay home to watch the game rather than go to the movies. This weekend’s two under-performing wide releases sure didn’t help to put people ...
That awkward moment will be when Jason Reitman’s new drama tanks this weekend.
No, the jokes about commas aren’t done yet.
If last week had a congested slate of new movie releases, this weekend offers slim pickings.
Although I’m not attending the Sundance Film Festival this year as credentialed press, when the chance came up to see the world premiere of ‘The Raid 2’, as any sane person would do, I took it. Having reviewed ...
Two of this weekend’s new movies opened better than expected. The other two opened under expectations. One title in each category surprised me.
While the last few weekends only saw one wide release debut, this weekend is slammed with four titles claiming a collective total of more than 11,000 screens across the nation. Among them are another found-footage horror flick, Ke...
Peter Berg’s true story war drama ‘Lone Survivor’ cleaned up this weekend. Plenty of strong buzz was generated from two weeks of playing on just two screens. The film’s expansion to 2,875 screens gave it a ...