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.
The month of bad movie releases is halfway over. Two weeks down and only two more to go. After this bland weekend, we at least get promising titles such as ‘Haywire’ and ‘The Grey’ in subsequent weeks. Bite...
As the publication does every year, The Hollywood Reporter has made a list of the Top 15 box office bombs of 2011. The definition of “bomb” is based on a comparison of each movie’s budget versus its worldwide box...
After 12 days without any nationwide openers, one finally hit the big screen this weekend. Even though it definitely didn’t deserve to (proven by its 7% Rotten Tomatoes score), the film cleaned up with record-setting numbers...
I enjoy a good horror movie. In fact, I even enjoy a bad horror movie from time to time if it lies in the “so bad it’s good” category. But there’s literally nothing worse than a terribly bad horror movie – ...
Well, folks, it’s that dreaded time of the year: January. Every movie that the studios didn’t have faith in hits the big screen in January. Occasionally, we’re blessed with a ‘Cloverfield‘ or a ‘...
Each December (and now November, thanks to the New York Film Critics Circle), you can’t go to any entertainment web site without seeing the results of different film critic associations’ awards. Before I was an accredi...
Every movie in this New Year’s weekend Top 15 at the box office (with the exception of ‘The Sitter’, of course) was up in attendance from the previous four-day $200+ million weekend. Last week’s winner was ...
If a film can offer bold new insight into a foreign culture, I’m on board. Some movies can instantly reel me in, capturing me with their intriguing and educational points of view. ‘A Separation’ is not only one o...
Unless you live in Los Angeles or New York, there isn’t a title on this week’s new release list that’s available to you. So, that makes this a perfect extended holiday weekend for catching up on other recent movi...
Another season of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ has come to an end. Like most ‘Sunny’ finales, ‘The High School Reunion Part 2: The Gang’s Revenge’ brings back a bunch of hilar...
Note: Due to the long weekend and the Sunday release of two films, today’s box office estimates include Monday predictions as well as the standard Friday, Saturday and Sunday numbers.
When I think of the movies made in the last ten years that deal with the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and their effect on American lives, two immediately stand out for their bold, direct portrayal of the situation: R...