Luke Y. Thompson

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) 6 days ago Travis Knight officially owns 2026 in cinema. Go to Full Review Wildwood (2026) 100% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Oct 16, 2026 ,,,an agreeably weird bundle of nostalgic gaming nuttiness with anime flair, but the way it...stops...is likely to engender disproportionate ill will Go to Full Review Street Fighter (2026) 41% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Sep 17, 2026 It’s unfair to call it the only movie to get the property right – but it far and away gets it the MOST right. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Luke Y. Thompson New Times Sep 4, 2026 It's a great film, and chances are you've never seen it on a big screen, so now is the time. Go to Full Review Akira (1988) 88% 86%

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Sep 2, 2026 The very definition of the term "obligatory content." Go to Full Review LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2026) 78% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Aug 14, 2026 ...it’s an attempt to right the scales, and show that even a guy who understood his value as a product doesn’t need or deserve to die as one. Go to Full Review Stan Lee: The Final Chapter (2026) - - - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Aug 12, 2026 There’s a nasty sense of humor at play here, and I dig it, but not everyone will Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Aug 12, 2026 Trust some of what you see in this movie...but verify! Go to Full Review The Brink of War (2026) 71% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jul 28, 2026 Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us why we love these characters we’ve been through three movies (and more) with. At the same time, it may also remind you that Marvel scripts ain’t what they used to be. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jul 21, 2026 In a year where YouTube creators are proving they can take on the major players in the theatrical space, Isla Monstro is a streaming movie that would barely hack it as a YouTube series. Go to Full Review Isla Monstro (2026) - - - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jul 8, 2026 ...for a crowd-pleaser, it eschews many of the kinds of things that movie studios THINK make a crowd-pleaser. Go to Full Review Obsession (2025) 93% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jul 6, 2026 ...though audiences will be coming to this movie primarily to watch a creepy Pinocchio murder people, you might just find yourself rooting for him to be good instead. Go to Full Review Pinocchio Unstrung (2026) 76% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jun 25, 2026 If the jackass brand of humor is your thing, and you must know by now if it is or not, you will laugh until you cry. But you might just tear up honestly, too. Go to Full Review Jackass: Best and Last (2026) 86% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jun 24, 2026 In Supergirl, DC Studios has its own Guardians of the Galaxy, simultaneously with its own Tank Girl. They probably only wanted half that equation Go to Full Review Supergirl (2026) 52% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jun 18, 2026 I want to give this movie another shot, and yet I also don’t – must I sit through all of it again to understand my expectations may have been off? Go to Full Review The Death of Robin Hood (2026) 69% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jun 17, 2026 If you’ve seen any significant amount of movies or TV in your lifetime, you’ve likely seen some version of the story that In Waves tells. You just haven’t seen it told this particular way before. Go to Full Review In Waves (2026) 94% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jun 9, 2026 When the movie doesn’t work as a monster flick, which unfortunately is more often than I’d like, it’s at the very least an effective travelogue reel for Norway. Go to Full Review Kraken (2026) 67% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jun 8, 2026 If your kids are watching and enjoying this, they're clearly intelligent, and getting a dose of philosophy and emotional logic from it. I don't know that I'll go back and watch the whole thing Go to Full Review The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (2026) - - - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jun 4, 2026 Ru shows real star power and the script is way more polished than a Drag Race sketch. Go to Full Review Stop! That! Train! (2026) 85% - -

Luke Y. Thompson Mortal Cinema (Substack) Jun 4, 2026 The best Scary Movie since the first one!" [Actually, the only good one besides the first one] Go to Full Review Scary Movie (2026) 23% - -