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      OC Weekly is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Luke Y. Thompson.

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      Rating Title | Year Author Quote
      		The Elephant King (2006) Luke Y. Thompson Seth Grossman's second feature as a director is beautiful to look at, solidly acted, unpredictable and sexy as hell.
      Posted Dec 30, 2008
      		Death Note 2: The Last Name (2007) Luke Y. Thompson It's like Infernal Affairs/The Departed crossed with Devilman, Primal Fear and Drop Dead Fred. If that combination doesn't scream "Watch me!" to you, well, you're wrong.
      Posted Dec 30, 2008
      		Death Note (2006) Luke Y. Thompson It's like Infernal Affairs/The Departed crossed with Devilman, Primal Fear and Drop Dead Fred. If that combination doesn't scream "Watch me!" to you, well, you're wrong.
      Posted Dec 30, 2008
      		Kabluey (2007) Luke Y. Thompson Prendergast is clearly a force to be reckoned with -- his fearless performance as Salman/Kabluey is a thing of beauty, and his sense of story and humor are note-perfect.
      Posted Jun 06, 2008
      		Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Luke Y. Thompson [George Lucas] and Steven Spielberg have earned back a lot of goodwill with this one. It's the only Spielberg movie in over a decade that actually ends when it's supposed to.
      Posted May 21, 2008
      		The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) Luke Y. Thompson ...as inferior to the first book as the second one is, so is the second film from the first. Which is about right.
      Posted May 16, 2008
      		Choose Connor (2007) Luke Y. Thompson The ending is also note-perfect. However...it could have used perhaps a bit more restraint in some areas.
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		Sherman's Way (2008) Luke Y. Thompson Not an uncontrived moment goes by.
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		King of Ping Pong (2008) Luke Y. Thompson If this kid were your classmate in school, you'd avoid him. Doing likewise with the movie won't hurt.
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		The Art of Travel (2008) Luke Y. Thompson ...cloying and a structural mess
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		Timecrimes (2007) Luke Y. Thompson one of the best movie opening sequences in recent memory...The rest, unfortunately, is a bit more predictable.
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		Hallam Foe (2007) Luke Y. Thompson Presented as a sort of romantic neo-fairy-tale, the movie rarely acknowledges the inherent creepiness of its premise.
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		The Good Life (2007) Luke Y. Thompson As a director, Stephen Berra makes this all quite palatable, but as a writer, he frequently mistakes platitudes for profundity.
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		Garage (2007) Luke Y. Thompson A wonderfully knowing portrait of the fading small-town lifestyle in the Emerald Isle, Garage doesn't quite make the "must-see" list because of its ending
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		Fugitive Pieces (2007) Luke Y. Thompson If you haven't had enough of Holocaust-related tales onscreen, this is a perfectly serviceable one
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		The Last International Playboy (2008) Luke Y. Thompson ...it's kind of like Van Wilder with fewer laughs and a really horrible soundtrack.
      Posted Apr 28, 2008
      		The Tracey Fragments (2007) Luke Y. Thompson Likely to overwhelm and annoy viewers hoping for Juno Part II, it is nonetheless an audacious and imaginative work that's sure to remain one of the year's best.
      Posted Apr 24, 2008
      		Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) Luke Y. Thompson Gone are the days when you could rig a movie theater's seats with electric buzzers to simulate a monster attack...but you can relive them via this exuberant tribute
      Posted Apr 24, 2008
      		Son of Rambow (2007) Luke Y. Thompson Some of the dialogue is overly cinema-savvy for naive kids ("We're losing light!"), but...director Garth Jennings gives the proceedings a charmingly surreal and imaginative tone.
      Posted Apr 24, 2008
      		The Edge of Heaven (2007) Luke Y. Thompson And you thought you had trouble connecting with your parents!
      Posted Apr 24, 2008
      		Caterpillar Wish (2006) Luke Y. Thompson A well-done movie all-around -- but what teenager today uses film in her camera?
      Posted Apr 24, 2008
      		Captain Abu Raed (2007) Luke Y. Thompson If there's a flaw to the film, it's that the hero has none -- he's such a saint that this sometimes feels like a scripture lesson.
      Posted Apr 24, 2008
      		Big Man Japan (2007) Luke Y. Thompson ...we follow middle-aged bachelor Dai around Tokyo while he feeds his cat, rides the subway, and periodically transforms into a 50-foot tall tattooed wrestler who battles giant monsters.
      Posted Apr 24, 2008
      		American Teen (2008) Luke Y. Thompson ...a refreshing antidote to the overly beautified "teenagers" and excessively clean buildings that populate Hollywood's phony high school stories.
      Posted Apr 24, 2008
      		The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) Luke Y. Thompson Bloodless, but just make sure your young 'uns are past the stage of copying all the moves they see.
      Posted Apr 18, 2008
      		Pathology (2008) Luke Y. Thompson When a movie opens with the diner scene from When Harry Met Sally as performed by cadavers, and later proceeds to sex scenes involving scalpels and needles, the actual plot becomes inconsequential.
      Posted Apr 18, 2008
      		Street Kings (2008) Luke Y. Thompson Ayer keeps upping the ante, to the point where finally you go, "Okay, NOW this [stuff] they're doing is definitely unacceptable."
      Posted Apr 11, 2008
      		Superhero Movie (2008) Luke Y. Thompson Note to screenwriters: it's clear you think that jokes ending in the words "Myspace," "YouTube," or "Wikipedia" are automatically funny, but it just ain't so.
      Posted Mar 28, 2008
      		Cloverfield (2008) Luke Y. Thompson ...the swiftness, economy, and momentum of the storytelling is enough to sweep right over the rough parts.
      Posted Jan 17, 2008
      		In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) Luke Y. Thompson Though Boll now has his own fan base who love his awfulness -- the crowd I saw the movie with cheered when his name came up onscreen at the end -- he isn't consistent enough for my liking/disliking.
      Posted Jan 11, 2008
      		One Missed Call (2008) Luke Y. Thompson One missed opportunity.
      Posted Jan 04, 2008
      		Shoot 'Em Up (2007) Luke Y. Thompson ...arguably the best-directed movie of the year.
      Posted Jan 03, 2008
      		300 (2006) Luke Y. Thompson I still wish David Wenham weren't the narrator, but everything else about the movie is a brutal kind of hypnotic that keeps me coming back.
      Posted Jan 03, 2008
      		Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) Luke Y. Thompson Where does this movie rank in the grand pantheon of Alien and Predator movies? Next to last. It's still better than ALIEN RESURRECTION.
      Posted Dec 26, 2007
      		Romance & Cigarettes (2005) Luke Y. Thompson ...you have not lived till you've seen Walken belt out a Tom Jones tune.
      Posted Dec 21, 2007
      		Steep (2007) Luke Y. Thompson I'm not a skier. My balance is bad, and that stuff scares me. So more power to those who are - this flick's for you. And probably not anyone else.
      Posted Dec 21, 2007
      		Death at a Funeral (2007) Luke Y. Thompson ...it's like walking into a fancy restaurant and being served a dead rat: tonally inconsistent and sufficient to discolor the entire experience.
      Posted Aug 21, 2007
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