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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2007 Stories by Luke Y. Thompson

• Babes, Bestiality and Beowulf

  published November 15, 2007

  Think you already know the epic tale? Not this version, you don’t. Having apparently decided that the Christian monks who transcribed the... More >>

• After Dark Horrorfest: Happy Belated Halloween

  published November 8, 2007

  You don’t have to be a fan of scary movies to see that the annual After Dark Horrorfest model is good news for film lovers interested in... More >>

• Screamfest 2007

  published October 11, 2007

  In its sixth year, Screamfest continues to make itself a must for any L.A.-area horror fan, with a mixture of hot new releases (30 Days of... More >>

• Why Torture Porn Isn't

  published September 6, 2007

  It cannot be denied that torture porn exists.Pony up about 70 bucks, find the right Web site or adult bookstore, and you can get... More >>

• The King of Kong's Rival Arcade Gamers

  published August 16, 2007

  Bold biplane-pilot lives need not have been wasted back in 1933, if only the military had known then what all video-game players came to... More >>

• Visionfest '07

  published August 9, 2007

  Seems hard to believe that Jacques Thelemaque and his scrappy collective of independent movie creators at Filmmakers Alliance have been... More >>

• Transformers: Keep On Truckin'

  published July 5, 2007

  Despite what some are saying, it really isn’t a huge deal that, in his first live-action incarnation, heroic truck-robot Optimus Prime has ... More >>

• Spice World

  published May 31, 2007

  {mosimage} Trying to describe the cinema of Japanese animator Satoshi Kon is a mighty task. Upon seeing... More >>

• The Condemned: Austin's Powers

  published April 26, 2007

  {mosimage} “Ten people will fight. 9 people will die. You get to watch.” So proclaims the poster f... More >>

• Stone Cold Says So

  published April 26, 2007

  In the wrestling ring, Stone Cold Steve Austin never displayed fear of any kind, nor did he ever back down from a challenge. But over lunch at the... More >>

• Leslie's Gore

  published March 15, 2007

  Nathan Baesel is a drug dealer. Not the bad kind, but rather a medical courier who works for his father, a pharmacist. He’s also a movie... More >>

• Ganging Up On City Hall

  published March 8, 2007

  If someone were to tell you that the gang-related homicide rate in the San Fernando Valley more than doubled this January compared to... More >>

• Covering the Bosses

  published February 15, 2007

  NOBODY WANTS TO OFFEND THE BOSS, but what if it were expected as part of your job? Roughly a year and a half ago, L.A. Times... More >>

• Jonathan Club's Sex Tizzy

  published January 11, 2007

  LONG BEFORE THE ERA of self-proclaimed “South Park conservatives” thumbing their noses at media elites, there was the... More >>