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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2000 Stories by Luke Y. Thompson

• En Flagrante Delectable

  published December 14, 2000

  There tend to be two poles when it comes to making semi-autobiographical movies about one's childhood, and both are designed to make the viewer... More >>

• Green Dregs and Ham

  published November 23, 2000

  There once was a man, and he called himself Seuss Who wrote the best children's books ever produced. With drawings elaborate, and tales... More >>

• Something Wicca This Way Comes

  published October 26, 2000

  Although it must have been a no-brainer to make a sequel to The Blair Witch Project, it was hard to imagine an intelligent follow-up to a... More >>

• Factory Seconds

  published October 5, 2000

  There's plenty of campaign rhetoric about working families, but who ever talks about one of the biggest problems of the working man today --... More >>

• Three Men and a Babe

  published August 31, 2000

  Amanda Peet has some really large teeth. Seriously. Even given the fact that it's in vogue for hot, young, would-be sex symbols to have a set of... More >>

• The Late, Late Show

  published August 31, 2000

  It's a premise that's bound to succeed: A young man living on the edge is trying to pull it all together while frequenting 12-step programs and... More >>

• Liner Notes

  published August 24, 2000

  In a perfect world, any documentary about televangelists narrated by RuPaul and a couple of sock puppets would be hailed as the unquestionable... More >>

• Grrlll, Interrupted

  published August 10, 2000

  Okay, so there are these beautiful ladies in tight clothes, right? And -- get this -- they serve alcohol while dancing suggestively! Sound cool?... More >>

• Nerd in a Punch Bowl

  published July 27, 2000

  Only in the movies could a kid who looks and acts like Jason Biggs be called a loser. Let's see: charming conversationalist, big smile, washboard... More >>

• The Sick Sense

  published July 6, 2000

  Is there a more bankrupt genre than the parody movie? So many movies nowadays are so painfully self-aware and referential anyway that there often... More >>

• Saving Private Mad Max

  published June 29, 2000

  Despite what many believe, it doesn't come down to explosions, star power or millions of greenbacks thrown at the producers. The true indicator of... More >>

• Maim That Toon!

  published June 15, 2000

  It's the year 3028, and man . . . is an endangered species! (Haven't we heard that somewhere before, like last month?)But this time... More >>

• Rave Review

  published May 11, 2000

  Given that most film studios have multimillion-dollar marketing budgets with which to target 18- to 25-year-olds, it's astonishing how little they... More >>

• Re-Boot

  published April 27, 2000

  Why aren't there more submarine movies? It seems like a no-brainer formula for success: claustrophobic setting, invisible enemy whose approach... More >>

• Rain Mannequin

  published April 20, 2000

  What is it with filmmakers and mental retardation? It seems as though use of the differently abled as a central theme ranks second only to... More >>

• The Half-Nelson Family

  published March 23, 2000

  It's okay. You can say it. Just five little words. Don't be shy. "I ... am ... a ... wrestling fan." You certainly wouldn't be alone if you said... More >>

• Death Frets

  published March 23, 2000

  What if fate has something horrific in store for you, and you can't escape it? It's an idea that's been around for a long time, from Greek myths... More >>

• Gaellic Toast

  published March 2, 2000

  If you think the prevailing attitude toward sex in the United States is often somewhat backward, consider that of late-1960s Ireland, as depicted... More >>

• Life Imitates Arf

  published March 2, 2000

  Willie Morris' autobiographical novel, My Dog Skip, is a nearly perfect piece of bedtime reading for kids and their parents. Each chapter... More >>

• Captain Kirk

  published February 24, 2000

  It's hard to blame Kirk Douglas for choosing Diamonds as a comeback film, after fighting back from a devastating stroke almost four years... More >>

• Black Power

  published February 24, 2000

  Moviegoers, rejoice! The first fun movie of the year has arrived. Oh, Leo's little seaside adventure was pretty to look at, but the attempts at... More >>

• Frosted Flakes

  published February 10, 2000

  By far, the most creative thing about Snow Day is its clever integration of the studio logo into the narrative at the very beginning. As a... More >>

• Short Cutlets

  published January 6, 2000

  When Paul Thomas Anderson's second feature, Boogie Nights, was released in 1997, critics and film industry types fell over themselves to... More >>