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	249 Reviews by Luke Y. Thompson 249 Reviews by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly Movie: 30 Days Of Night Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/0) If the comic book had never existed, this would be pretty cool. As is, it's a slightly missed opp... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wristcutters: A Love Story Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) You just can't go wrong with teenage suicide, road trips, and Tom Waits. 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Comebacks Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (6/0) The Comebacks displays nothing remotely clever or effective; rather, it will make you question wh... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Last Winter Release date: 9/19/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) ...a talky indie that suddenly turns into a slasher flick where the killer is in fact the invisib... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dragon Wars Release date: 9/14/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) This one's for connoisseurs of the "totally preposterous crap" school of fantasy cinema.You know ... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Freshman Orientation Release date: 8/31/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) There are other things to like about writer-director Ryan Shiraki’s college comedy, mainly that i... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mr. Bean's Holiday Release date: 8/24/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) It turns out to be far better than you’d imagine, especially with Willem Dafoe cheesing things up... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Right at Your Door Release date: 8/24/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) There's no levity at all to distract from the unrelenting horror, unless you consider the entire ... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The Release date: 8/17/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) It may seem overblown when one of the gamers calls Donkey Kong a metaphor for life, but The King ... 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocket Science Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) This may be the most realistic high school underdog comedy since Welcome to the Dollhouse, if you... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hot Rod Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) ...hands-down the funniest, laugh till you cry and your cheeks hurt comedy of the year 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moliere Release date: 7/27/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Tirard adds just a touch of tragedy for the humor to fully resonate and summons the spirit of his... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sunshine Release date: 7/20/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Lots of advance reviews have complained that the film falls apart at the end, which I don't buy a... 121 other reviews of this movie Movie: Talk to Me Release date: 7/13/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Dare one suggest Oscar noms for both leads? With Ejiofor, and I have said this on many occasions ... 80 other reviews of this movie Movie: Captivity Release date: 7/13/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) Screw the culture cops who freaked out over Captivity’s graphic poster and always cry 'torture po... 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dynamite Warrior Release date: 7/6/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) I know we've all thought to ourselves at some point that kung-fu movies could use a bunch of dyna... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Joshua Release date: 7/6/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) [W]hy is it so hard to make a scary flick about evil kids these days? The Omen remake was pretty ... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Transformers Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) Above all, Transformers is the biggest-budget kaiju movie of all time...one of those Godzilla Ver... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Death at a Funeral Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) ...it's like walking into a fancy restaurant and being served a dead rat: tonally inconsistent an... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: DOA: Dead or Alive Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Village Voice: (7/0) The film's pretty much nonstop fighting, mostly in very little clothing, with the flair you expec... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: DOA: Dead or Alive Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) Praise be to director Corey Yuen for delivering one of the year’s purest entertainments -- the be... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paprika Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) As Valentines to the power of cinema, big dreams and the inner child go, it doesn't get much more... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) ...some of the most subversive cinematic experimentation you're likely to see in a "tentpole fran... 165 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bug Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) This needed to be a more radical adaptation, and it isn't. 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Delta Farce Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) Even fans of gay-rape jokes are likely to feel burned out by the movie’s end. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Condemned, The Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) Flaws, double standards, strange detours and all, this is still the most entertaining WWE release... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Invisible, The Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) It’s all, y’know, such a deep metaphor for alienation, man, especially since nobody truly 'sees' ... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Book Release date: 4/4/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) Just a few missteps keep it from being as great as it should. 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Host (Gwoemul), The Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Some of the film is a lot of fun. The rest is way too long. 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zodiac Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) The realistic tone should get him critical respect, but fans will still recognize the handiwork t... 169 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zodiac Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...a better movie than any of the recent Best Picture nominees... 169 other reviews of this movie Movie: Astronaut Farmer, The Release date: 2/23/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...it would have been better set in the Polish brothers' allegorical, surreal world, rather than ... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghost Rider Release date: 2/16/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) Seriously, people, if you're going to go see a movie you know is about a biker with a flaming sku... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghost Rider Release date: 2/16/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...Cage is allowed to let his freak flag fly... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Starter for 10, ` Release date: 2/16/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) If you grew up in the British Isles at that time, you'll totally get it. But even if you didn't, ... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls Release date: 2/14/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) Beware the ads that make this movie look like a kid-friendly comedy... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hannibal Rising Release date: 2/9/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) You know those artsy European coming-of-age movies set during World War II, like Europa, Europa? ... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Because I Said So Release date: 2/2/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) Lehmann manages to give his characters a little bit more personality than is the norm in such mov... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Epic Movie Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) Everything you loved about the past couple of years' blockbusters, only much less entertaining an... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blood and Chocolate Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) There’s no official rule which says that werewolf movies have to be boring, but it doesn’t seem l... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happily N'Ever After Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) Movie titles don’t get much more truthful. 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happily N'Ever After Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...an indigestible piece of computerized crappery that wouldn't pass muster on the Xbox. 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Code Name: The Cleaner Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) There's potential in the story, but who was the casting genius that thought roly-poly Cedric coul... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saving Shiloh Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:44 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) This is strictly a movie for those who think family values trump production values 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of the Dead II Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:33 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Fealty to the arcade game is still, alas, a pipe dream (no mutant frogs or leeches to be found an... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flyboys, The Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:31 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) The flying sequences are great fun, and there are a lot of them. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Copying Beethoven Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:28 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Does the portrayal stray dangerously close to parody at times? Of course. 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Copying Beethoven Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:28 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Village Voice: (7/0) Beethoven turns out to be like every obnoxious self-absorbed creative type you've ever met 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pan's Labyrinth Release date: 12/29/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...a solid film, though del Toro fans won't find many surprises in store. 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pan's Labyrinth Release date: 12/29/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...it's not quite the transcendent masterpiece some are hailing it as... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dead Girl, The Release date: 12/29/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) The movie's a big step up from BLUE CAR, which had a similar stillness but less to say 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Christmas Release date: 12/25/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) Let's be clear: The new Black Christmas isn't in any way scary, realistic or well acted, but Morg... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Christmas Release date: 12/25/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...isn't in any way scary, realistic or well acted... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky Balboa Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...overall the movie comfortably puts you through the paces without making you feel guilty for en... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky Balboa Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) The movie comfortably puts you through the paces without making you feel guilty for enjoying them... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Venus Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) He's got it! Yeah, baby, he's got it! Here's your Oscar/Here's Best Actor/The X-factor 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unaccompanied Minors Release date: 12/8/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Village Voice: (7/0) Anyone who has ever actually been stuck in a terminal with rowdy youngsters will not likely choos... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) The film's opening sequence... is like the best Twisted Sister video never made... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deja Vu Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...it's actually pretty damn good. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) Some of the jokes are apparently recycled from the D's HBO show, but if you're hard-core enough t... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happy Feet Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) I enjoyed parts of it a lot (the parts with the big carnivores, mostly, and Brittany Murphy's sin... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harsh Times Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) The endingÂ¿s rather predictable, unfortunately, but the wild ride there is worth it. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harsh Times Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) The ending’s rather predictable, unfortunately, but the wild ride there is worth it. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flushed Away Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) An actual story! With genuine characters! In a kid's cartoon? Say it ain't so! 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flushed Away Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) An actual story! With genuine characters! In a kid's cartoon? Say it ain't so! 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) It has great moments, but the scripted aspect of the story, which has Borat travelling cross coun... 170 other reviews of this movie Movie: Babel Release date: 10/27/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (7/0) ...a towering bore. 99 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saw III Release date: 10/27/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Jigsaw is the best slasher villain since Freddy Krueger 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Man of the Year Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Not funny, not timely, not thrilling, and no courage of its own convictions. An embarrassment for... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wicker Man, The Release date: 9/1/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) ...features an over-the-top leading man utilizing every single tic in his arsenal that has ever b... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crossover Release date: 9/1/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (7/0) The streetball scenes offer some nifty trick plays, but the rest of Crossover features poorly dre... 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snakes on a Plane Release date: 8/18/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) ...basically a Sci-Fi channel movie original with better-than-usual actors and a slightly naughti... 75 other reviews of this movie Movie: World Trade Center Release date: 8/9/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) The one proactive character in the movie is Dave Karnes...THAT'S the guy I want to see a movie ab... 215 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mini's First Time Release date: 7/14/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Village Voice: (7/0) Mini is impossible to like, especially since she delivers some of the worst narration ever spoken... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Release date: 7/7/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Good things to look at. Not much else, but do you care? 186 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superman Returns Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) This is everything it should be. And if it doesn't work for you, I can't imagine what would. 258 other reviews of this movie Movie: X-Men: The Last Stand Release date: 5/26/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Characters fight, and characters die -- and those who survive are quite clearly marked as winners... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: See No Evil Release date: 5/19/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) You would think that a pornography director would be a decent fit for a slasher movie...Yet Grego... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Over the Hedge Release date: 5/19/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) kids might have more fun with the DVD, where they will presumably be able to skip directly to the... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dead Man's Shoes Release date: 5/12/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Village Voice: (7/0) Dead Man's Shoes is all about revenge, but in trying to be one of those serious revenge films tha... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silent Hill Release date: 4/21/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) SILENT HILL leaves a lot up to you to figure out, but gamers used to conventions like phasing in ... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scary Movie 4 Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Village Voice: (7/0) The jokes miss more than they hit, but there are a lot of them, and when they work, it's gold. 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Free Zone Release date: 4/7/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Shot mostly in close-ups, it's a fascinating road movie with an absurdist allegorical finale. 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Phat Girlz Release date: 4/7/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) looks cheap and falls apart after the first act. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Release date: 3/24/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) It's admittedly gross and poorly scripted, but amiable enough for those who enjoy dumb Southern-f... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: V for Vendetta Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) If you don't know the source, the movie may strike you as a radical studio film. See it before yo... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sorry, Haters Release date: 3/1/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) SORRY, HATERS is amazing. And not what you probably think from the title. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Running Scared Release date: 2/24/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Village Voice: (7/0) The filmmaker whose work this most resembles is Guy Ritchie, except that Kramer actually seems to... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Firewall Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Harrison Ford isn't exactly the kind of guy you might envision as a computer expert, but then aga... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nanny McPhee Release date: 1/27/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Thompson and Firth are fun...but for the story to work, we have to sympathize with the kids at le... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bloodrayne Release date: 1/6/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) It'd be a stretch to call the movie good, but at least it's fun-bad. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:38 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) ...if it weren't for Plowright, things might fall quickly apart. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Munich Release date: 12/23/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) it's an action/suspense movie that lets you enjoy the conventions of the genre, then keeps going ... 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: Family Stone, The Release date: 12/16/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) a rare family comedy for grown-ups that's worth your time. 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: King Kong Release date: 12/14/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Not that it matters what I say, but I do recommend seeing it. First two thirds are gold. 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brokeback Mountain Release date: 12/9/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) It's beautifully shot, and not as slow-moving as you might think 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Memoirs of a Geisha Release date: 12/9/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Robin Swicord...who adapted the novel for the screen, doesn't bother much with Golden's prose, ap... 127 other reviews of this movie Movie: First Descent Release date: 12/2/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) The history of snowboarding as a sport might be interesting if anybody really knew anything about... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Mix Release date: 11/23/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) It's not exactly atrocious, but it constantly makes you wonder why those involved couldn't find s... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) The part with the dragon is really cool. 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Walk the Line Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) When it ended, I thought "Huh? But the story was just getting going!" 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brooklyn Lobster Release date: 11/4/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Jordan draws so well on the idiosyncrasies of the family profession that it makes the movie worth... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three...Extremes Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) if you're familiar with any of those three directors, you might expect that THREE...EXTREMES live... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Legend of Zorro, The Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Emasculating (and prematurely aging) your own hero at every step seems like a bad idea, and Campb... 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saw II Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) improves on all of the first film's problem areas, while leaving intact everything that was good ... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Doom Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) I’m not ashamed to admit that I like director Andrzej Bartkowiak’s DMX/Jet Li movies, but he’s ou... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shopgirl Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) This movie nails some of the truths about the L.A. dating scene that most other movies don't go n... 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) the zingers come so fast and furious that if you miss a few (and even the most alert viewer will ... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: President's Last Bang, The Release date: 10/14/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) [Doesn't] play as well to the viewer without historical or cultural context. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Roll Bounce Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) It would take a critic more churlish than this one to sneer and bare chickenlike talons at Roll B... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Just Like Heaven Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Given the positive crowd response to Just Like Heaven, it's hard to beat up on it too much, but i... 130 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Release date: 8/19/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) hideously grim, and also oddly beautiful 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, The Release date: 8/17/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) It seems all too easy nowadays to think this stuff is all ancient history...Beauchamp's bracing w... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Secuestro Express Release date: 8/5/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) It's a skillfully made film, but not especially fun to watch 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Devil's Rejects, The Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Lots of people are going to find it utterly abhorrent. Crazy drunken rednecks, however, will wear... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hustle & Flow Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) But good soundtrack doesn't always equal good movie -- if it did, Prince's Graffiti Bridge would ... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dark Water Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) The Pang Brothers’ The Eye and Gore Verbinski’s The Ring were better remakes of Dark Water than t... 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rebound Release date: 7/1/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Martin Lawrence and Tom Arnold in the same movie together. If that sounds good to you, be aware t... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: War of the Worlds Release date: 6/29/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Spielberg seems to have totally forgotten that he's a wuss, and plays this like the Holocaust and... 207 other reviews of this movie Movie: George A. Romero's Land of the Dead Release date: 6/24/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) At the risk of being lynched by hardcore horror freaks … the Dawn of the Dead remake was more eff... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Perfect Man, The Release date: 6/17/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Duff’s incessant and vapid cinematic output is actually making me nostalgic for Freddie Prinze Jr... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Howl's Moving Castle Release date: 6/10/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Yes, there are moments of great beauty here, but boy, the story could have used some editing. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Release date: 5/19/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) If the final scenes -- and especially the very last shot -- stir nothing within you, chances are ... 250 other reviews of this movie Movie: Save the Green Planet Release date: 4/20/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) ...has a Hitchcockian sense of suspense to it 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amityville Horror, The Release date: 4/15/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Eddie Murphy’s infamous objection to the original story still stands: Why don’t these white peopl... 127 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kung Fu Hustle Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) ...it's a shame about the R rating: Most of these fights are so cartoony that there's no reasonab... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Old Boy Release date: 3/25/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Dallas Observer: (7/0) It's a work of art for sure, but a sadistic one. Oldboy is one of the year's best; it just isn't ... 99 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ring Two, The Release date: 3/18/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Even if you buy the basic premise of a ghost on videotape, the tortuous logic demanded to create ... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ice Princess Release date: 3/18/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Though Disney's incessant promotion of Hilary Duff has made casual moviegoers run from teen-girl ... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hostage Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) ...harrowing and brutal, and, as a result, extremely tense. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Robots Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) ...most of these robot gags were already done, and better, on TV’s Futurama. 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Millions Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Boyle resists easy sentimentality and amps up the fantasy and magic realism elements to make the ... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jacket, The Release date: 3/4/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) the first great film of 2005 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Man of the House Release date: 2/25/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Note to movie producers: If a script contains a gag in which someone shoves his hand up a cow’s ... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie:* Constantine Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) It may not be the first great movie of 2005, but it is certainly the first really entertaining on... 180 other reviews of this movie Movie: Son of the Mask Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Cumming is well-suited to this kind of material, but Kennedy, while decent as a henpecked husband... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wedding Date, The Release date: 2/4/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) The first problem The Wedding Date runs into is that the whole “converting a hooker” fantasy skew... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alone in the Dark Release date: 1/28/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) [Uwe Boll] makes things on the cheap...so people keep giving him money, even though he doesn’t se... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lana's Rain Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:37 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Unfortunately, writer/director /editor Michael S. Ojeda, making his feature debut, veers too ofte... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Confessions of a Burning Man Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:28 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) ...tries to personalize the event by focusing on three participants, who unfortunately happen to ... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beyond the Gates of Splendor Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:27 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Houston Press: (7/0) We can't know for sure who ended up in what afterlife, but the legacy they left behind is certain... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seed of Chucky Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Needless to say, none of this is intended to be taken seriously. 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: After the Sunset Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) I expected something truly ghastly [and] found myself reasonably entertained. But it’s hard to ac... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sex is Comedy Release date: 10/20/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Movies about movie-making can be unbearably insular, but I can’t recall one that deals so specifi... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stephen King's Riding the Bullet Release date: 10/15/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Imagine a feature-length version of the “Large Marge” sequence from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and y... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taxi Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Anchorage Press: (7/0) Putting Jimmy Fallon in a movie automatically negates his principle shtick of breaking character ... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shark Tale Release date: 10/1/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Dunno if the kids will dig Shark Tale as much as their parents might... All I can tell you is tha... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: First Daughter Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Unfortunately, the screenplay quickly descends into utter illogic, and ... Whitaker fails to sust... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shaun of the Dead Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Shaun of the Dead is good, goofy fun, but given the attendant hype...there may be a danger of exc... 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: Warriors of Heaven and Earth Release date: 9/3/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Be patient, and you'll get rewarded with a good old-fashioned castle siege that's worth the wait. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) So many things about this movie are so, so wrong that it’s almost right. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brown Bunny, The Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) The drawing out of mundane details makes absolute sense once you know what's going on. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Collateral Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) The first movie about L.A. at night that really looks like L.A. at night. 188 other reviews of this movie Movie: Garden State Release date: 7/30/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) For a director who acts in almost every frame of his own movie, [Braff] acquits himself well. 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catwoman Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) If you’re a drag queen and loved "Showgirls," your newest source of inspiration has arrived. Ever... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Outfoxed Release date: 7/13/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Unlike Michael Moore, Greenwald does not interject himself. Instead, he hangs Fox News with its o... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Release date: 7/9/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) I still think Metallica rocks, but I don’t know if you will. 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: America's Heart and Soul Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) America's Heart & Soul could just as easily be called Stock Footage: The Movie. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: White Chicks Release date: 6/23/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) [C]an White Chicks possibly be as bad as it looks? In two words: hell yes. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Release date: 6/16/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) ...ended up sending us to slumberland a good deal sooner than the title implied. 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Napoleon Dynamite Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Napoleon may start out as a caricature, but there is a subtle and gradual change that occurs. 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chronicles of Riddick, The Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Too many silly made-up words like “Underverse” and “Furyan” can really kill a serious atmosphere,... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Garfield Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) It's all about Murray, who plays Garfield like he's that old lounge singer from Saturday Night Li... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Release date: 6/4/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) Cuarón has also taken more narrative liberties than Columbus did, and all of them are good, restr... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Soul Plane Release date: 5/28/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) Stoners will enjoy; everyone else should stay home and watch “Chappelle’s Show”. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: New York Minute Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Los Angeles CityBeat: (7/0) [No nudity] is shown, but the point is made: guys, they know what you’re thinking. 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Super Size Me Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) ...invaluable, putting the hard truth in our face like never before 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 2 Release date: 4/16/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and David Carradine are simply more fun to watch than Lucy Liu and ... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 2 Release date: 4/16/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and David Carradine are simply more fun to watch than Lucy Liu and ... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alamo, The Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) It wasn't as boring as I thought it'd be. 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Release date: 3/19/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) like in the best sci-fi, it's primarily a metaphor for a deeper dilemma: the question of whether ... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror, The Release date: 1/1/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (7/0) offers nothing that any mildly news-savvy viewer doesn’t already know 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman & Robin Release date: 12/31/1997 11:01:27 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) I don't know anyone who'll admit to liking BATMAN AND ROBIN. Except me. 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Postman, The Release date: 12/25/1997 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) ...wasn't bad for the first two hours, but then kept going another hour 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Years in Tibet Release date: 10/8/1997 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) I was expecting the worst -- everyone calls this film "Seven Hours in a Theater." But really, it'... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman Forever Release date: 6/16/1995 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Kilmer's appeal in the role may be partially due to the fact that his actual public persona resem... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman Returns Release date: 6/19/1992 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) The movie in which Tim Burton mostly fixes what he got wrong ... Unfortunately, he also screws up... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hard Candy Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:33 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Brian Nelson's script is tight, but a more ambiguous, evenhanded finale might have been more thou... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: On the Waterfront Release date: 10/1/1954 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (7/0) Do the politics make it bad? Not at all. It's a fictional story, not a soapbox. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Notorious Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:39 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (6/0) There's no mincing words here: NOTORIOUS is badly dated. 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie Bartlett Release date: 1/30/1900 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/0) ...while the movie's not as radical as it seems to think it is, it does keep you guessing how it ... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Slow Burn Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of L.A. Weekly: (3/4) No reference Writer-director Wayne Beach figures if you liked Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie’s big cli... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Year, A Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (6/1) No reference Alternately, you could do your laundry, which would be just as exciting and possibly more dramati... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (3/4) No reference Director Sax is unable to generate much tension in the action scenes... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Driving Lessons Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (3/4) No reference ...the authenticity is somewhat mitigated by Linney's ongoing struggle with the local accent. 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A Release date: 9/29/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (3/4) No reference ...Downey, who's usually so good, feels like he's doing shtick here and doesn't seem like a rocke... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Science of Sleep, The Release date: 9/22/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (3/4) No reference ...there's no real thrust to the story... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Protector, The Release date: 9/8/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (3/4) No reference ...watching Jaa fight his way to the top of a Guggenheim-like building in one long, uninterrupted... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crossover Release date: 9/1/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of E! Online: (3/4) No reference ...shoddily made... 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Release date: 6/16/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference If [Lost in Translation] had had more fast cars and no capable acting whatsoever, it would be thi... 80 other reviews of this movie Movie: Break-Up, The Release date: 6/2/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (5/2) No reference Is The Break-Up worth your time? Let's put it this way: Whenever Vaughn is onscreen, it is. When ... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kinky Boots Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference It's difficult to tell if Lola is the only interesting character because he's written that way, o... 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Final Destination 3 Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference ...the sick kind of comedy that involves laughing at stupid people being ripped in half, but we k... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story Release date: 1/27/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference Yet here it is, the first -- dare we use the term that's all but been stripped of meaning by jour... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dear Wendy Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:29 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference the story makes no sense and depends upon people acting based on some crazed Dane's mental stereo... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The Release date: 12/14/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference Tommy Lee Jones' feature directorial debut is probably much as you'd expect: a blast of nostalgia... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Get Rich or Die Tryin' Release date: 11/9/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference It's a reasonably entertaining story, and would be better if it had a reasonably entertaining act... 99 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Night, And Good Luck Release date: 10/7/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (3/4) No reference Sometimes conservatives are right - critics will praise a movie purely because it agrees with the... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Memory of a Killer, The Release date: 8/26/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference as Ronald Reagan's second presidential term proved, you should never underestimate a determined o... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Great Raid, The Release date: 8/12/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference For a man dying of malaria, Fiennes shivers impressively but also talks too much. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Must Love Dogs Release date: 7/29/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (5/2) No reference But the movie does find fresh ways to tweak the formula, making it more than the sum of its broad... 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Edukators Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference The degree to which one sympathizes with the movie's protagonists may depend upon the age of the ... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mysterious Skin Release date: 5/6/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference Araki seems to have finally taken in a few Todd Solondz movies, then realized that abusing actor ... 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Diary of a Mad Black Woman Release date: 2/25/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference The humor is so cartoonish that it's impossible to take the "serious" content as being representa... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tamala 2010 Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:45 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference Tamala 2010 is easily the most original and best film of the year . . . for its first hour. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Million Dollar Baby Release date: 12/15/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Anchorage Press: (3/4) No reference ...doesn’t focus on the superficial elements of machismo, but rather on the nature of what being ... 178 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blade: Trinity Release date: 12/8/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (3/4) No reference David Goyer steps up to the directorial plate this time, and while his hack-rate dialogue is bett... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Who Killed Bambi? Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference you eventually get that it's supposed to be suspenseful, but it's ... near impossible to actually... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Polar Express, The Release date: 11/10/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference If you have a chance to see the 3-D IMAX version of the movie, ignore any objections. 127 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hair Show Release date: 10/15/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference stars Mo'nique, who's both fatter and sassier than [Queen] Latifah, but alas, not a whole lot fun... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Lampoon's Gold Diggers Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference Really, words can't convey how horrible this atrocity is. Nobody involved should ever be allowed ... 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Lights Release date: 9/3/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference But there's a line between suspense and mere annoyance, a line director Kahn is either flagrantly... 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bright Leaves Release date: 8/25/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference McElwee plays a passive role, and his steady monotone keeps the viewer at an emotional distance f... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saints and Soldiers Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference valuable in its embrace of true Christian forgiveness 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Supremacy, The Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference Much like Spider-Man 2, this action sequel...essentially delivers more of exactly what you'd expe... 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: Two Brothers Release date: 6/25/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference Everyone loves tigers, save perhaps for those actually being mauled to death by them. 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Release date: 6/18/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference Not sure where the producers get off implying that this sports-movie satire is in any way true, b... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Strayed Release date: 5/14/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Dallas Observer: (3/4) No reference Yep, they hang out. And hang out some more. Really, that's about all they do. Kinda boring, right... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Since Otar Left Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference Director Julie Bertucelli...doesn't have a very distinctive visual style, but she's aided tremend... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Passion of the Christ, The Release date: 2/25/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (3/4) No reference Hey, I don’t believe it literally, but it is a movie, after all -- it’s a great story, too, certa... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Best Two Years, The Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference Mormons will undoubtedly find many in-jokes the rest of us will miss, but for those not in the ch... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eurotrip Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference The opening credits...are a high point, but if you're not a prude, the rest of the flick ain't ba... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Perfect Score, The Release date: 1/30/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference Frankly, those of us for whom the SAT is a distant memory may not find it in our hearts to be all... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Baby's Daddy Release date: 1/9/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference [R]elative to My Baby's Daddy, the actors' recent projects, among them Kangaroo Jack and Double T... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: And Now Ladies and Gentlemen Release date: 8/1/2003 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference ...plays like your neighbors' two-hour vacation slideshow that they insist on showing every time ... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Release date: 6/27/2003 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference Nothing deeper than a stale retread, it seems. And this observation comes from a critic who liste... 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Reloaded, The Release date: 5/15/2003 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference You carped year after year about blockbuster movies having no plot, then when one finally comes o... 228 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spellbound Release date: 4/30/2003 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (3/4) No reference Regis Philbin and Anne Robinson look like benevolent therapists by comparison to "official word p... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Days of Being Wild Release date: 3/13/1991 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) No reference Wong has a reputation for slow-moving mood pieces in which very little happens, but that's not th... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chocolat Release date: 12/21/1989 11:01:28 PM Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (3/4) No reference As a movie spectacle, it delivered. As Batman, well...it got a lot of things wrong. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Easy Rider Release date: 1/1/1969 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (3/4) No reference I don't think I'll watch EASY RIDER again, but it's a well-made piece for sure. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Release date: 1/1/1966 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of LYTRules.com: (4/3) No reference You don't really need me to review THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY for you, do you? 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monster House Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable In this latest extravaganza from executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, millio... 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Find Me Guilty Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable as everyone knows, putting a self-serious egomaniacal movie star in a bad hairpiece is comedy gol... 75 other reviews of this movie Movie: Something New Release date: 2/3/2006 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable Given that there's no nudity, no violence, and maybe only one word you can't say on TV, you proba... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: New World, The Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable It wasn't the Puritans -- it was beast that killed the beauty. 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wolf Creek Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Dallas Observer: (6/1) Not Reachable Greg McLean, who has many shorts and commercials under his belt, makes a significant feature debu... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zathura Release date: 11/11/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable Pay attention, Disney: This is how you do a family film right. 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paradise Now Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable ...has the sheer brazenness to find humor in the suicide bomber's experience. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Winter Passing Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable What's real and true about Winter Passing is the relationship between Don and Reese, the father a... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cave, The Release date: 8/26/2005 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable Rare is the movie in which it's so blatant that the quest for a lower rating has influenced the a... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable How come the children are American, yet all their relatives are British? 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saw Release date: 10/29/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable Fans of industrial music finally have a mainstream movie release that represents their zeitgeist 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Undertow Release date: 10/22/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable It's easy to imagine Green working with actors the Mike Leigh way, taking weeks to build and impr... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Machinist, The Release date: 10/22/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable The problem with relying on a second viewing is that, the first time out, it's really tough to id... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of Houston Press: (6/1) Not Reachable A PG-13 rating squeezes the life out of Anacondas. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Open Water Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable Think hand-held cameras in the open sea, shaky and buoyed by the waves, shot on digital video (bu... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: I, Robot Release date: 7/16/2004 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable It has a slow buildup, but its final third manages to generate some eye-popping thrills without t... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico Release date: 9/12/2003 Review by Luke Y. Thompson of New Times: (6/1) Not Reachable God bless Johnny Depp. For the second time this year, the man has almost single-handedly redeemed... 59 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style