Stories By Luke Y. Thompson
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/ 1 day ago[Review] ‘Dunkirk’ Is A Clever & Visceral Epic
Although my grandfather was a Spitfire pilot for the RAF in World War II, it’s safe to say I had about...
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/ 1 week ago[Review] ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Will Blow Your Mind
When Roy Batty gives his “I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe” speech in Blade Runner, it’s not hard to imagine him...
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/ 1 week ago[Review] ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Is Thrilling, But Shallow
Were I still 20 years old, I admit War for the Planet of the Apes would have a good shot at...
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/ 1 month ago[Review] ‘Cars 3’ Is An Amusing, But Typical Sports Movie
Following a sequel that everyone pretty much agrees was (a) a weird diversion and (b) one of the most not-great sequels ever,...
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/ 1 month ago[Review] ‘The Mummy’ Is An Overstuffed, So-Bad-It’s-Good Mess
Based on all the advance publicity, it looked like the new version of The Mummy was basically going to be the...
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/ 2 months ago[Review] We Need ‘Wonder Woman’ Now More Than Ever
There’s something you should probably know upfront: I mostly liked the other DC movies. And while I’m neither blind to the...
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/ 2 months ago[Review] ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Tells Familiar Tale With Stunning Visuals
When the opening sequence of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales was done, I had a huge smile...
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/ 2 months ago[Review] ‘Alien: Covenant’ Is High On Ideas, Low On Scares
The teen age date-night crowd at the weekend multiplex are likely to be the most irritated by Alien: Covenant, a movie...
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/ 3 months ago[Review] ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Emphasizes Character Over Story
Editor’s Note: Warning, some spoilers will follow. Even though it’s filled with plenty of epic-scale space fights, Guardians of the Galaxy...
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/ 3 months ago[Review] ‘The Fate Of The Furious’
The Fast and Furious franchise didn’t ask to have Paul Walker written out of things by tragic real-life events, but since...
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/ 4 months ago[Review] ‘Kong: Skull Island’ – A Giant-Sized Spectacle
Warner Bros. waste no time trying to imply their King Kong is the baddest Kong yet, as the production logos fly...
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/ 5 months ago[Advance Review] ‘Beauty And The Beast’ – A Visual Fury Of Nothing
It’s confession time: I have never seen Disney’s animated Beauty and the Beast.
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/ 5 months ago[Advance Review] ‘Logan’ – A Mighty Wolverine Send-Off
In 2000, when Hugh Jackman first came onscreen as Wolverine, the relief was palpable. Here, at last, was somebody who was...