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.
Disney currently appears to be throwing up a last-minute Hail Mary to entice audiences this weekend to attend ‘Cars 2’ in 3D. After watching the percentages of folks attending 3D screenings diminish in favor of 2D over...
There’s no question as to which new movie will be the weekend box office winner. ‘Cars 2’ is the family-enticing sequel to Pixar’s major merchandise seller ‘Cars‘, while ‘Bad Teacher’...
Surprisingly, the writers of ‘Year One‘ have actually written a funny comedy. Even if it took stealing the plot of ‘Bad Santa‘ and changing the gender of the central character to do it, they finally produce...
Pixar’s winning streak is over. Although I strongly disliked the original ‘Cars‘ when it was released back in 2006, upon seeing it a second time, I realized that it’s not that bad, despite being little more...
Like every other Conan O’Brien fan in the world, I was sad to see him leave ‘The Tonight Show’. While the whole debacle became speculation-filled chatter around water-coolers and news programs, O’Brien slip...
Truth be told, I’m a sucker for ‘Jackass‘. Childish, stupid and disgusting as the show’s (and movies’) pranks and stunts may be, I find them side-splittingly hilarious. ‘Jackass’ is one of...
Unfortunately, my first bout with Terrence Malick was trying to watch ‘The New World‘ at 1 AM on a non-stop flight from Dallas, Texas to London, England. The movie itself was so boring, yet I could not fall asleep. How...
Although not the most sour opening weekend of the summer, this sure wasn’t the greatest either. The B-list superhero ‘Green Lantern’ failed to meet studio expectations, and family-friendly ‘Mr. Popper’...
Opening this weekend are three films that appeal to three different audiences. There’s a comic book adaptation, a family flick, and an indie teenage hipster film – not one of them a solid crowd pleaser. While this has been a...
Making superhero comic books into live action movies is a difficult task. ‘Thor’ graciously and successfully pulled it off. ‘Green Lantern’ simply doesn’t.
Numbers don’t lie. When given the option of both 3D and 2D, more and more moviegoers are opting for the standard 2D experience. Last week, we discussed the declining number of 3D moviegoers in the United States. Now Hollywoo...
The Hollywood Reporter posted news that the British Board of Film Classification (the BBFC is the UK equivalent of the MPAA) is banning ‘Full Sequence’, the sequel to the foreign horror film ‘The Human Centipede&...