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Luke Y. Thompson

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Luke was first published at the age of ten, when his poem “I Hate Mustard” was included in a children's book. His first movie reviews were for USC's student radio station. After graduating, he reviewed for the zines AteBall and KnifEdge while working at Laemmle's Sunset 5. Answering an ad in New Times LA, he got hired as a film critic and assistant arts editor, and has written and edited ever since. Publications Luke has written for include the LA Weekly, LA Times, E! Online, Forbes, and many more. As a writer and editor for GeekChicDaily, he was instrumental in the newsletter's growth to buy and merge with Nerdist. As contributor for Deadline, he was the first major trade reporter to cover San Diego Comic-Con panel-by-panel. And as editor-in-chief of Voice Media's Topless Robot, he moved to change the name to The Robot's Voice and increase the diversity of contributors and content. He has also appeared in documentaries as “himself,” and acted in direct-to-video horror.

Favorites:

2001 (and all things Kubrick), Wings (1927), Flash Gordon (1980), Citizen Kane, Eraserhead, Beetlejuice, Robocop, Carnival of Souls, Lost Highway, The Empire Strikes Back (NON special edition only), The Crow, Fight Club, Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam, The Room, Ratcatcher, Waltz With Bashir, It's Such a Beautiful Day, Oldboy, The Princes Bride, Avengers Endgame, True Stories

Location:

Hollywood, CA

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 93% EDIT “Just when I thought maybe I didn’t like Nia DaCosta as a director, she slaps me upside the head with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “When it does go to different places, it’s at its best, but the (for now) trilogy-capper also falls into several tropes.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 17, 2025 Full Review KPop Demon Hunters (2025) 92% EDIT “...fresh, creatively exciting, and feels like a whole new cinema for the newer generation.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Together (2025) 89% EDIT “There are only so many places the narrative can go here, but that’s not really the point. It’s the way they react to crises together, believing or disbelieving, with good reasons on either side, and addressing past trauma” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Scarlet (2025) 71% EDIT “It’s Hamlet, but with a gender-flipped, pink-haired anime girl as the princess of Denmark, plus she’s dead and in Hell now. If that ain’t a hook, I don’t know what is.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% EDIT “I’m not surprised critics love The Secret Agent, but I’ll be more surprised if audiences do.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% EDIT “The noir-ish production design keeps this thing feeling right on the line between dream and nightmare, in a reality where Marty maybe doesn’t truly know the difference.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Sorry, Baby (2025) 97% EDIT “Sorry, baby, this ain’t it.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% EDIT “I’m not sure in the end that the movie has much to say” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 87% EDIT “...the goal appears to be to draw us into the sacred space the way a believer would enter it, offering the sensations of a religious experience the way it’s meant to be.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% EDIT “Lee Byung-hun so often plays the coolest or baddest guy in the room...that it’s quite a stretch to see him playing an awkward dork. But he rules at it, as he does with every role he takes.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 86% EDIT “...it’s a feel good fantasy, and that’s okay, but don’t mistake it for an awards-level movie. ” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Left-Handed Girl (2025) 98% EDIT “Baker’s script is so deceitfully slice-of-life natural that when it brings everything together for the emotional climax, it’s genuinely surprising yet makes total sense” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) 16% EDIT “I like these movies better than most critics, yet I don’t love them as much as I’d like.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% EDIT “Train Dreams washes over you, the way a slow-paced life can do, if you can let it. If not, well, you can still enjoy the pretty trees for a bit.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 26, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 97% EDIT “...when people tell you this is one of the best films of the year, believe them” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 26, 2025 Full Review A Magnificent Life (2025) 62% EDIT “...mostly conventional stuff, animating real humans in real settings, which, even in Chomet’s distinctly caricaturish style, feels like a waste of the medium.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 26, 2025 Full Review The Life of Chuck (2024) 80% EDIT “Now, that first act is wonderful, but it makes a promise the rest of the movie cannot deliver on.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 26, 2025 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 92% EDIT “...like a horror story for grown adults who don’t believe in the supernatural.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 23, 2025 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 90% EDIT “It’s one of the performances of the year: hilarious and harrowing, with a strong arc and a cautionary tale baked in – not just of why not to be an unreliable drunk, but also how not to come across so painfully desperate” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 23, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% EDIT “Sweeney gives a movie-star performance in Christy, both doing what the role calls for, and looking recognizably like the star we know from other media.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 23, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% EDIT “I actually like that the movie leans into worked shoot territory by casting some of the leads based on the way people really perceive the actors.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 18, 2025 Full Review Bring Her Back (2025) 89% EDIT “Hakwins’ performance is everything it should be; it’s not her fault that the script’s primary direction appears to have been to drag things out to feature length.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 17, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% EDIT “The movie itself is fun to watch as the full scope of the plan unfolds. But Gladys herself is an unkind caricature, and movies can do better.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 17, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% EDIT “If this movie doesn’t win multiple awards for production design, it will be a shame. If it wins any for writing, it will merely be a sympathy vote.” – Mortal Cinema (Substack) Nov 17, 2025 Full Review
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