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SuperHeroHype 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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Transformers One (2024) Luke Y. Thompson However rote the first act may be — and it is — the moment the lead robots gain the ability to transform and level up is calculated to kick your inner “OH MY GOD IT’S OPTIMUS PRIME I LOVE HIM!!!!” Into gear.
Posted Sep 12, 2024  Edit critic review
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Luke Y. Thompson For a movie that very easily could have been a cash grab, it’s one that actually has things to say about fame, generation gaps, and toxic relationships of all types.
Posted Sep 04, 2024  Edit critic review
The Crow (2024) Luke Y. Thompson After all these years of talk, it might have been bound to disappoint, but even in a world where Brandon Lee’s original never existed, it still would have done so.
Posted Aug 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Alien: Romulus (2024) Luke Y. Thompson As glossy as it is — and the gore is deeply red and satisfying — it’s ultimately just a really high-tech photocopy.
Posted Aug 14, 2024  Edit critic review
Rebel Moon - Part Two: Director's Cut (2024) Luke Y. Thompson The second part still doesn’t really work as a standalone...But at least the absolute most idiotic plot point is clarified.
Posted Aug 02, 2024  Edit critic review
Rebel Moon - Part One: Director's Cut (2024) Luke Y. Thompson Snyder’s signature slo-mo actually serves a purpose this time — he uses it primarily to clarify action beats that would otherwise go by too quickly to register.
Posted Aug 02, 2024  Edit critic review
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Luke Y. Thompson ...the script is intended not just for those who know their X-Men from X-Force, but, for example, which actors are divorced in real life and from whom, and which superhero projects got stalled in development or had behind-the-scenes drama.
Posted Jul 24, 2024  Edit critic review
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) Luke Y. Thompson ...purely focused on the tiptoe monster evasion aspects, with little time for love, which makes it a thrilling entertainment but perhaps less memorable overall.
Posted Jun 27, 2024  Edit critic review
Despicable Me 4 (2024) Luke Y. Thompson Gru and the Minions bring back memories of Adam West teaming with the Three Stooges in 1965’s The Outlaws Is Coming — come for the hammy lead, stay for the slapstick.
Posted Jun 26, 2024  Edit critic review
Inside Out 2 (2024) Luke Y. Thompson ...either meant as a really tongue-in-cheek bit of Disney–Pixar self-parody, or a thorough cry for help from the Pixar animators
Posted Jun 12, 2024  Edit critic review
The Watchers (2024) Luke Y. Thompson ...while the younger Shyamalan takes a big swing with a crazy amount of mythology for her movie’s relatively simple set-up, she mostly misses.
Posted Jun 06, 2024  Edit critic review
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) Luke Y. Thompson Finally, they found all the plot parts that were missing from Mad Max: Fury Road.
Posted May 16, 2024  Edit critic review
IF (2024) Luke Y. Thompson IF’s greatest weakness is that it doesn’t necessarily explain how its fantastical elements happen...Its greatest strength is that if you connect with it on an emotional level, none of that matters much.
Posted May 15, 2024  Edit critic review
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) Luke Y. Thompson Seemingly inspired by equal parts Akira Kurosawa, Rod Serling, and various Donkey Kong and Fallout gaming sessions, Kingdom takes its time to move its story pieces into place
Posted May 09, 2024  Edit critic review
Boy Kills World (2023) Luke Y. Thompson It’s easier to explain, by all the evidence, why I should love Boy Kills World, than it is to understand why I don’t.
Posted Apr 25, 2024  Edit critic review
Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver (2024) Luke Y. Thompson If you stopped watching after Part One, Part Two doesn’t offer significantly more closure.
Posted Apr 19, 2024  Edit critic review
The People's Joker (2022) Luke Y. Thompson There could be no clearer example of the notion that art, when put out into the world, belongs to the audience rather than the creator(s) forever after.
Posted Apr 03, 2024  Edit critic review
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) Luke Y. Thompson As much as Godzilla Minus One replicated and upgraded the original, serious Gojira, Godzilla x Kong replicates the sillier sequels, complete with actual pro-wrestling suplexes and cheesy ’70s rock songs
Posted Mar 28, 2024  Edit critic review
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) Luke Y. Thompson Frozen Empire is arguably “just” a sequel to Ghostbusters, but that in itself is an achievement because, in a way, we’ve never actually had one before.
Posted Mar 20, 2024  Edit critic review
Damsel (2024) Luke Y. Thompson If any teenage kids in the house aren’t ready yet for full-on Game of Thrones, Damsel frequently plays like a more PG-13 Daenerys origin story.
Posted Mar 08, 2024  Edit critic review
Dune: Part Two (2024) Luke Y. Thompson If you like the aesthetic of Dune so far, and you like cinematic spectacle, the movie should scratch that itch on a basic level. But when it comes to fully delivering on the promise of the first, well, once again we are left hanging.
Posted Feb 21, 2024  Edit critic review
Madame Web (2024) Luke Y. Thompson Once again, we’re back to the pre-MCU mistake of spending so long on the origin story that by the time the movie gets to the part we want to see, it’s over.
Posted Feb 13, 2024  Edit critic review
Argylle (2024) Luke Y. Thompson ...you may laugh at the audacity or gasp at the payoff. Unfortunately, you may also yawn in between the big reveals.
Posted Jan 31, 2024  Edit critic review
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) Luke Y. Thompson It’s disposable entertainment that feels at times like the world’s coolest screensaver or weirdest aquarium. Dive in, but don’t expect to get too deep.
Posted Dec 21, 2023  Edit critic review
Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire (2023) Luke Y. Thompson Whatever side of the Zack Snyder fence you’re on — and if you straddle the fence, prepare to get pushed, one way or the other — Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire is exactly what you think it is.
Posted Dec 19, 2023  Edit critic review
Merry Little Batman (2023) Luke Y. Thompson ...you’ll get more laughs re-watching Batman and Robin. Even if you hate Batman and Robin.
Posted Dec 07, 2023  Edit critic review
Wonka (2023) Luke Y. Thompson Chalamet, whose boy-band looks are off-putting but misleading, is closer to the Wonka of the books than any previous cinematic incarnation.
Posted Dec 04, 2023  Edit critic review
Godzilla Minus One (2023) Luke Y. Thompson It can’t have the same groundbreaking impact the very first Gojira did, but it echoes it in ways very few successors have even approached.
Posted Nov 24, 2023  Edit critic review
Wish (2023) Luke Y. Thompson For longtime Disney fans and savvy kids, the over-abundance of hidden and overt references will likely wear out the pause button on Blu-ray players.
Posted Nov 17, 2023  Edit critic review
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) Luke Y. Thompson Better than it ought to be, yet still significantly short of greatness, it might have made a superior start to a saga if we didn't already have the finish.
Posted Nov 09, 2023  Edit critic review
The Marvels (2023) Luke Y. Thompson Good news, everyone! Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige finally seems over his Rick and Morty obsession, and judging by The Marvels, has moved on to Star Trek.
Posted Nov 08, 2023  Edit critic review
Lion-Girl (2023) Luke Y. Thompson One hopes and assumes the whole process was professionally run and won't lead to any regrets, save from those of us viewers who watched the whole thing.
Posted Nov 07, 2023  Edit critic review
The Creator (2023) Luke Y. Thompson At last, Gareth Edwards has made a movie that’s as good as everyone says it is; the humanist science-fiction war movie that Rogue One wasn’t and could never be, so long as it was burdened with so much Star Wars continuity and so many in-universe rules.
Posted Sep 26, 2023  Edit critic review
Meg 2: The Trench (2023) Luke Y. Thompson ...it might be the metaphorical Citizen Kane of brain-dead, expensively upgraded Syfy channel-style sharksploitation that flatters China.
Posted Aug 16, 2023  Edit critic review
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) Luke Y. Thompson To call The Last Voyage of the Demeter predictable is like calling Count Dracula a carnivore – absolutely self-evident, yet still underselling things just a bit.
Posted Aug 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Blue Beetle (2023) Luke Y. Thompson If Blue Beetle encourages viewers to look into the real history behind the references, it could potentially do more good than any other DC movie.
Posted Aug 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) Luke Y. Thompson Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem may be no Spider-Verse, but the fact that it even tries to be puts it way above the level of so much family animation these days.
Posted Jul 27, 2023  Edit critic review
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Luke Y. Thompson Obviously, nobody’s going to touch Raiders of the Lost Ark or Temple of Doom, at least not by doing anything remotely similar. But in the second tier of Indy movies (i.e., the rest of them), Dial of Destiny earns its spot.
Posted Jun 15, 2023  Edit critic review
Nimona (2023) Luke Y. Thompson While it may not smash the state, it may open a few minds — or at least endear viewers to a different sort of anti-hero.
Posted Jun 14, 2023  Edit critic review
The Flash (2023) Luke Y. Thompson ...if not for all the baggage, there’s a real chance Miller’s performances here could have been in the awards conversation.
Posted Jun 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) Luke Y. Thompson If you like any iteration of Transformers, it’s still a respectable mech fight spectacle. But even as the mechanical stars gain more personality, the eye behind the cameras appears to lack some confidence in his own.
Posted Jun 06, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Luke Y. Thompson What’s already clear is that it’s a visual triumph; what’s not is if the narrative will go much beyond the obvious.
Posted May 31, 2023  Edit critic review
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) Luke Y. Thompson It’s Gunn’s farewell to Marvel, and he wants us to feel the Shakespearean sweet sorrow of parting. It also makes a pretty good case that he’s had a master trilogy plan all along
Posted Apr 29, 2023  Edit critic review
Peter Pan & Wendy (2023) Luke Y. Thompson P.J. Hogan’s Peter Pan remains the champ, but Lowery has made a solid contender that actually improves upon the animated version.
Posted Apr 29, 2023  Edit critic review
Evil Dead Rise (2023) Luke Y. Thompson ...while it may not ascend to the same level of horror-comedy master class as its predecessors, Evil Dead Rise makes a delightful gorefest for the bloodthirsty viewer. But it’s rarely more than that.
Posted Apr 21, 2023  Edit critic review
Renfield (2023) Luke Y. Thompson Cage as Dracula, fortunately, is all he ought to be, in a cinematic reality where he fits quite nicely.
Posted Apr 14, 2023  Edit critic review
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023) Luke Y. Thompson A similar story that wasn’t full of spot-the-reference could be even better, but since this is DC, and they know their characters are the selling point, at least they’re going to crazy places.
Posted Apr 05, 2023  Edit critic review
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Luke Y. Thompson The Easter eggs were clearly made and placed with love. But the movie is just a collection of Easter eggs and references in search of a story.
Posted Apr 04, 2023  Edit critic review
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Luke Y. Thompson ...it’s not hyperbole to suggest that for a new generation of kids, this may become a formative fantasy classic.
Posted Mar 24, 2023  Edit critic review
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) Luke Y. Thompson When it comes to the tone that DC films need, David F. Sandberg just might be the master...The bad news is the story gets away from him this time.
Posted Mar 16, 2023  Edit critic review
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