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.
I have absolutely no problem with female-driven dramas, with films whose preachy morals have expired, or with feel-good movies. ‘The Help’ tries to be all three of those things. Just like everything else, there’s...
Considering how “blah” this weekend’s four new films appeared, it’s no surprise that ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ held onto the #1 box office spot for its second weekend. Neither a preachy w...
It’s always fun to watch niche audience flicks open against each other. This weekend ought to be even more fun because we get four different genres: an R-rated crude comedy, a 3D horror splatterfest, a 3D concert movie, and ...
Director Ruben Fleischer has hit another home run. While ’30 Minutes or Less’ doesn’t quite reach the level of his last film, ‘Zombieland’ (let’s be honest, how many genre-blending comedies will...
As comic book movies have taken a turn for the realistic, so have the characters’ costumes. Instead of looking cartoonish and, well, comic book-y, superhero costumes have become more practical and believable – for the most p...
Despite the franchise having been absent from the big screen since Tim Burton’s poorly-reviewed ‘Planet of the Apes‘ reboot more than a decade ago, the 43-year-old movie series returned to the big screen with a s...
I usually consider July as the last month of summer blockbusters. While some August films wear the mask of the blockbuster, they almost never live up to or compare with the grandeur of May, June and July’s big releases. This...
Every prequel ever made has one gigantic obstacle to overcome: How do you make a story interesting when the outcome is already known? How is ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ going to keep us locked in suspense when we ...
Too many times we’ve seen the old switcharoo take place in movies. Someone switches bodies with someone else, or perhaps he/she simply gets bigger, thinking that life would be better that way, only to find out that it’...
I cannot claim to have read the book yet, but after Kyle Smith’s write-up about it in the New York Post, you can bet your ass that I will. Screenwriters Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have recently published a book titl...
How is that the worst-looking movie of the year – a family flick that mixes CG blue cartoon characters with live action – and an over-hyped genre-blender could finish the weekend in a dismal tie? Until the final numbers come in th...
Although August is usually peppered with a few hits, the end of July marks the descent of popcorn pictures and the dregs of the not-too-spectacular summer flicks. True, there are still big movies like ‘Rise of the Planet of ...