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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2005 Stories by Luke Y. Thompson

• The Impossible Bomb

  published December 22, 2005

  Serenity (Universal) Joss Whedon's film version of his TV series Firefly came and went like a lightning bug in October; the... More >>

• Yuletide Fear

  published December 22, 2005

  The notion that Wolf Creek is opening nationwide on Christmas Day brings to mind the scene from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before... More >>

• Fellowship of The Ringer

  published December 22, 2005

  It's impossible to talk about The Ringer, a comedy about someone pretending to be retarded in order to rig the Special Olympics,... More >>

• Love the Sin

  published December 15, 2005

  Sin City: Recut, Extended, Unrated (Buena Vista) Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's near frame-for-frame adaptation of Miller's... More >>

• Asia Minor

  published December 15, 2005

  "Agony and beauty for us live side by side," laments Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), the most successful geisha in Gion. You'll know how she feels:... More >>

• Sweat Along with Russell

  published December 8, 2005

  Cinderella Man (Universal) Back in the Great Depression, boxing matches only cost a nickel and the ring was uphill both ways.... More >>

• Lion in Winter

  published December 8, 2005

  If you're a fan of C.S. Lewis' Narnia books, all you need to know is this: Disney has done right by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the... More >>

• Homewreckers on DVD

  published December 1, 2005

  Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Fox) The pairing of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, both in real life and on celluloid, is so obvious as to be... More >>

• Snow Bored

  published December 1, 2005

  It begins with a very literal cliffhanger. Five snowboarders--the best in their field, we're told--are dropped via helicopter atop an Alaskan... More >>

• Your Government at Work

  published November 24, 2005

  Punishment Park (New Yorker Video) This 1971 movie from director Peter Watkins could have been made yesterday, which is... More >>

• Weighting...

  published November 24, 2005

  For those of us who dug Rob McKittrick's recent comedy Waiting... , Just Friends offers up some good news: Ryan Reynolds and... More >>

• Familiar Ring

  published November 24, 2005

  The press notes for Pulse would have you believe that it predates many of the recent Japanese horror films that have been remade for... More >>

• A Very Long Run

  published November 17, 2005

  Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (Columbia Home Video) The centerpiece of this three-disc boxed set isn't the classic... More >>

• Fire Flies

  published November 17, 2005

  The part with the dragon is really cool. Might as well cut to the chase, right? It's not as though you need anybody to tell you the basic... More >>

• Private Dicks

  published November 10, 2005

  As a screenwriter, Shane Black has built a reputation on action movies featuring mismatched partners. Crazy Mel Gibson and aging Danny Glover in... More >>

• Aboard Game

  published November 10, 2005

  Pay attention, Disney: This is how you do a family film right. Neither pandering nor dull, Zathura plays exactly like... More >>

• Gettin' Jiggy Again

  published October 27, 2005

  Talk about striking while the iron is hot: It's been only a year since Saw became an instant cult hit, as well as a topic of debate among... More >>

• Requiem for a Dreamer

  published October 20, 2005

  DreamWorks is so anxious to have you believe in its latest family movie that the words "Inspired by a True Story" are actually part of the title.... More >>

• Keira Get Your Gun

  published October 13, 2005

  Her name is Domino Harvey, and she is a bounty hunter. If you've seen even one TV spot or theatrical trailer for Domino, you've... More >>

• Swift Kick

  published October 6, 2005

  Elijah Wood is not a believable tough guy. Probably this comes as no great revelation to you. There's a reason that the Lord of the Rings... More >>

• You Got Served

  published October 6, 2005

  All the publicity for Waiting... has focused on the scene in which an annoying customer at the fictional chain restaurant... More >>

• Fairest of Them All

  published September 29, 2005

  To the knowledgeable comic book fan, all one need say about MirrorMask is that it was scripted by Neil Gaiman and directed by Dave... More >>

• Death Warmed Over

  published September 15, 2005

  If you're a character in a movie, and the rain is coming down so heavily that you cannot see out of your car's windshield, for the love of God,... More >>

• Grizzly Man

  published September 8, 2005

  Fans of the last two Miramax films from Swedish director Lasse Hallström--Chocolat and The Shipping News--may be happy to know... More >>

• Flight Risk

  published August 18, 2005

  Red Eye may not seem to be your typical Wes Craven movie. It's not really horror, there are no marketable monsters, and unlike... More >>