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

  Flying saucers just aren't that scary anymore. Especially after Ed Wood and Mars Attacks, it's hard to take a threat from a giant... More >>

• Drillbit Taylor needed Ferrell, Sandler, even Lawrence — not Wilson

  published March 20, 2008

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

• Someone, please throw Meet the Spartans into that bottomless pit

  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 >>

• Bad Blood

  published January 3, 2008

  It was only a couple of years ago that the horror genre seemed newly resurgent, like an undead killer digging himself out of the grave.... More >>