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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2008 Stories by LUKE Y. THOMPSON

• 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Remake Misses the Point, and That's a Klaatu Barada No-No

  published December 11, 2008

  The Day the Plot Stood StillSci-fi remake misses the point, and that’s a Klaatu Barada no-noFlying saucers... More >>

• [Summer Guide] Movies to Look Forward to Now That Indy and Carrie Bradshaw Have Used Up All the Hype

  published June 12, 2008

  It's Not OverSummer cinema's heavy hitters came and went, but there's still more to come The calendar on... More >>

• How New Developments in Laguna Beach Will (and Won't) Deal With the Pollution in Aliso Creek

  published May 29, 2008

  Up Sick Creek How new developments in Laguna Beach will (and won't) deal with the pollution from Aliso Creek Nine... More >>

• Rocky Costanzo, Founder of LifeLine Entertainment, Has Made Four Films But Can't Quit His Day Job

  published May 8, 2008

  Rocky's Road The founder of Huntington Beach-based LifeLine Entertainment has made four feature films, but he still can't quit... More >>

• The Incredible Stanman

  published May 1, 2008

  Stan Lee can be such a shameless publicity hog (often at the expense of the many great artists who helped fuel his success) that it's easy to... More >>

• Bigger Than Life: Our Exclusive Preview of the Best (and Worst) at the Newport Beach Film Festival

  published April 24, 2008

  During the eight days of the Newport Beach Film Festival, you’ll be lucky to see even a small fraction of the more than 150 feature... More >>

• Was Phuc Van Tran Sane When He Put On a Darth Vader Mask and Shot a Man?

  published March 27, 2008

  Return of the Sith Does a Darth Vader-masked gunman in thrall to Superman deserve a second chance? On Aug. 18,... More >>

• Owen Wilson Is a Bad Fit for an Ass-Kicking Bodyguard in 'Drillbit Taylor'

  published March 20, 2008

  Rare is the star vehicle that's as poorly matched to its star as Drillbit Taylor, which casts Owen Wilson as a homeless army deserter... More >>

• How the Holechek Brothers' '305' Went From Hit YouTube Short to Full-Length Film

  published February 28, 2008

  Double Feature How Costa Mesa's Holechek brothers turned their YouTube short into a full-length film on a spartan... More >>

• Chaste & Chastened

  published February 7, 2008

  I can count on one hand the number of people I've had sex with, and I can count on two hands the number of times I've actually done it. At 33,... More >>

• Great Shakes

  published February 7, 2008

  Two years ago, Bobcat Goldthwait said he was done with standup comedy. Several times, to different interviewers. So how is it that he's doing... More >>

• Lousy Movie

  published January 31, 2008

  Perhaps the most oft-quoted line from Zack Snyder's cinematic adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel 300 is "Tonight, we dine in... More >>

• Caging Dr. Kessler

  published January 31, 2008

  It's easy to get confused when searching for the Irvine office of Dr. William Kessler-if you're looking for anything resembling a conventional... More >>

• Scared Stupid

  published January 24, 2008

  Stupid Teenagers Must Die begins with a title sequence that reads, "Long ago, in a time of pure evil . . . the 1980s." And yet it's... More >>

• Play Fight

  published January 10, 2008

  The day after its big "No Way Out" pay-per-view event from Las Vegas, World Wrestling Entertainment rolls into town to formally begin the feuds... More >>

• Return to Norm-alcy

  published January 10, 2008

  There was a time when the only reason to watch Saturday Night Live was for Norm MacDonald's hosting of "Weekend Update"-his deadpan delivery... More >>

• Exit Poorman

  published January 3, 2008

  As a radio DJ, Jim "The Poorman" Trenton has been fired by a long list of stations for such on-air antics as walking out, inviting listeners to... More >>

• Shoot to Thrill

  published January 3, 2008

  Prologue: In which we meet one Ed Dellis, a gentleman whose name you have not... More >>