Email Author Luke Y. Thompson

Awards

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published April 5, 2007

  "Fight Club"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published July 5, 2007

  "Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published July 20, 2006

  "Unreal Estate"

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2003 Stories by Luke Y. Thompson

• Victor, Mature

  published December 11, 2003

  To get the obvious out of the way first: Something's Gotta Give is a film designed to appeal to older women, and it very likely... More >>

• Farrelly Mediocre

  published December 11, 2003

  Remember the Farrelly brothers? Makers of Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary? Known for crossing the line of good... More >>

• Living Dead Girl

  published November 20, 2003

  It took four years, but finally Dark Castle--Robert Zemeckis and Joel Silver's horror division, which puts out a movie a year around... More >>

• Hail to the King, Baby

  published October 30, 2003

  In the beginning, there was The Evil Dead, and Stephen King looked down upon it and saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let there be... More >>

• Divided Borders

  published October 23, 2003

  Given the way the United Nations has been taking a beating in the American media over the past year or so, it may not be a bad thing that the new... More >>

• Jury Doody

  published October 16, 2003

  Watching Hollywood's endless stream of John Grisham adaptations--The Firm, The Chamber, A Time to Kill, etc. --it would be... More >>

• Treasure Hunt

  published October 9, 2003

  Whatever you think Demonlover is, chances are it ain't. The title conjures up Frazetta/Bisley-like images of muscular monsters... More >>

• Grande Madame

  published September 25, 2003

  It's no given that audiences will embrace a passionately homosexual, drug-abusing male prostitute-cum-drag-queen, especially if he happens not to... More >>

• Damn Good Yankee

  published September 11, 2003

  God bless Johnny Depp. For the second time this year, the man has almost single-handedly redeemed an action movie that would otherwise be... More >>

• Behind the Grind

  published September 4, 2003

  Before he even had any kind of legacy, Mark "Gator" Rogowski was imagining, in on-camera interviews, what it might someday be. "When fear is... More >>

• Bad Asses

  published July 31, 2003

  For a few minutes, at least, things don't look so bad. Watching Ben Affleck swagger around as the thuggish title character of Gigli... More >>

• Bad Boys of Dumber

  published July 17, 2003

  There's something to be said for a movie that's honest enough to transcribe dialogue from the director's mouth and incorporate it into the script.... More >>

• Fallen Angels

  published June 26, 2003

  As the Columbia Pictures logo looms large in frame till its torch becomes the focal point, we find ourselves in what appears to be a tent full of... More >>

• Eye! Caramba!

  published June 26, 2003

  There is one truly striking shock in the new made-in-Hong-Kong-by-Thai-directors horror flick The Eye, but unfortunately, directors... More >>

• Dead to Rights

  published June 26, 2003

  It's the end of the world as we know it, and it's all PETA's fault. Oh, we humored those wacky vegan extremists when they threw paint at rich... More >>

• Hollywood Babble-On

  published June 12, 2003

  Having seemingly exhausted all permutations of the sports comedy formula (Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, et al.), Ron Shelton... More >>

• Bemoaning Mahowny

  published June 12, 2003

  The first question on the minds of most potential viewers of Owning Mahowny is probably something along the lines of "What's up with... More >>

• Sea of Hate

  published June 5, 2003

  If we can glean any trend so far in the feature films of Icelandic actor-turned-director Baltasar Kormákur, it would be his ability to... More >>

• Speakin' Spell

  published May 29, 2003

  If you're reading this paper, chances are you're more literate than the average American. If you're reading the film reviews, it's also likely... More >>

• Shape Shifter

  published May 8, 2003

  Neil LaBute is back to his old self, and the cinematic world is a better place for it. Honestly, what was he thinking when he made... More >>

• Dud Can Dance

  published April 10, 2003

  In 1997's The Apostle, Robert Duvall took on a subject near and dear to his heart: Southern Pentecostal preachers. No one would make the... More >>

• Sexual Healing

  published March 27, 2003

  When you see a glamorous movie star like Kate Beckinsale tying her hair back and wearing glasses, it's surefire shorthand that she's an uptight... More >>

• Phat Chance

  published March 6, 2003

  You know Internet dating has become totally mainstream when Disney cranks out a bland comedy featuring a randomly selected pair of mismatched... More >>

• Gale Farce

  published February 20, 2003

  Right-wing pundits will be coming out of the woodwork to holler about this one. Bad enough, they'll say, that The Life of David Gale... More >>

• Will Power

  published February 20, 2003

  Someone's got to say it, so let's start here: We've underestimated Will Ferrell. Honestly, it wasn't that hard to do. His Saturday Night... More >>