Dr Luke Buckmaster
@lukebuckmaster.bsky.social
Guardian Australia's film critic, chief critic of Flicks.com.au and "The VR Critic" (thevrcritic.com). PHD in virtual reality. Creator of Nicolas Cage fan site The Cage Gauge: https://www.flicks.com.au/cagegauge/
My passion for virtual reality brought me to Venice as a guest of the Venice Film Festival. I spent most of my time on a tiny island, which lies dormant until it becomes Venice Immersive - an entire island of virtual and mixed reality experiences. There's nothing else in the world like it.
September 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My passion for virtual reality brought me to Venice as a guest of the Venice Film Festival. I spent most of my time on a tiny island, which lies dormant until it becomes Venice Immersive - an entire island of virtual and mixed reality experiences. There's nothing else in the world like it.
My new buddie Ron Pearlman. Spent an evening hanging out with him at a small film party in Venice. Very approachable, lots of great stories. He told me "I want to die on set. After they call 'action', before they call 'cut'".
September 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
My new buddie Ron Pearlman. Spent an evening hanging out with him at a small film party in Venice. Very approachable, lots of great stories. He told me "I want to die on set. After they call 'action', before they call 'cut'".
The flavour of the dialogue jokes in the new Naked Gun movie reminded me of this great gag from Police Squad
August 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The flavour of the dialogue jokes in the new Naked Gun movie reminded me of this great gag from Police Squad
Behind an unprepossessing shopfront in Paris' third arrondisement lies Chez Alain's legendary kitchen. Its mission: serve customers the best sandwich they've ever eaten.
It's not about hitting you with flavour but providing a perfect balance of high quality ingredients. It was superb. Très bien!
It's not about hitting you with flavour but providing a perfect balance of high quality ingredients. It was superb. Très bien!
April 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Behind an unprepossessing shopfront in Paris' third arrondisement lies Chez Alain's legendary kitchen. Its mission: serve customers the best sandwich they've ever eaten.
It's not about hitting you with flavour but providing a perfect balance of high quality ingredients. It was superb. Très bien!
It's not about hitting you with flavour but providing a perfect balance of high quality ingredients. It was superb. Très bien!
Barcelona: colourful places, culinary delights and strange drinks inside a labyrinth of alleyways. The truffle and goats cheese-infused negroni was...interesting.
April 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Barcelona: colourful places, culinary delights and strange drinks inside a labyrinth of alleyways. The truffle and goats cheese-infused negroni was...interesting.
Paris. It amazes me that humans are capable of creating such beauty. A deep love of aesthetics can be felt virtually everywhere.
April 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Paris. It amazes me that humans are capable of creating such beauty. A deep love of aesthetics can be felt virtually everywhere.
Ocean life...it's like some bizarro parallell dimension of amazing oddities and mind-bending ecosystems. But real and literally beneath us. Look at this incredible fish I photographed today at Dubai Aquarium
March 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ocean life...it's like some bizarro parallell dimension of amazing oddities and mind-bending ecosystems. But real and literally beneath us. Look at this incredible fish I photographed today at Dubai Aquarium
Of all my vices, a DuoLingo addiction isn't too bad....
March 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Of all my vices, a DuoLingo addiction isn't too bad....
Beware any critic who declares that Mickey 17 is good satire, without explaining what it’s satirising. Either the critic or the satire isn’t very good…possibly both. My thoughts on Bong Joon-ho's new movie www.flicks.com.au/features/the...
March 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Beware any critic who declares that Mickey 17 is good satire, without explaining what it’s satirising. Either the critic or the satire isn’t very good…possibly both. My thoughts on Bong Joon-ho's new movie www.flicks.com.au/features/the...
This is not even in the top 10 crazy news stories published in the last 24 hours. A sign of the times.
March 1, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This is not even in the top 10 crazy news stories published in the last 24 hours. A sign of the times.
Today I officially launched a project I've spent more than four years working on. It's a massive review website for virtual reality experiences: www.thevrcritic.com
Spatial computing IMO = the biggest artistic revolution since the birth of motion pictures. Here's a screenshot from the press release
Spatial computing IMO = the biggest artistic revolution since the birth of motion pictures. Here's a screenshot from the press release
February 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Today I officially launched a project I've spent more than four years working on. It's a massive review website for virtual reality experiences: www.thevrcritic.com
Spatial computing IMO = the biggest artistic revolution since the birth of motion pictures. Here's a screenshot from the press release
Spatial computing IMO = the biggest artistic revolution since the birth of motion pictures. Here's a screenshot from the press release
The visual definition of a truly timeless cartoon
January 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The visual definition of a truly timeless cartoon
And now for something completely different: my son looking at a peacock. What an insane wingspan. Staggeringly beautiful and ostentatious. You couldn't invent it.
December 30, 2024 at 7:30 AM
And now for something completely different: my son looking at a peacock. What an insane wingspan. Staggeringly beautiful and ostentatious. You couldn't invent it.
Great prose transcends time - relevant before it was written, when it was written, after it was written.
December 25, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Great prose transcends time - relevant before it was written, when it was written, after it was written.
One of the first people to read the new Japanese translation of my book is legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear and Death Stranding 🔥🏍🚨
May 31, 2024 at 11:55 PM
One of the first people to read the new Japanese translation of my book is legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear and Death Stranding 🔥🏍🚨
Took me a long time to get around to playing Tetris Effect in VR. Blown away. It doubles down on the game's meditative qualities and aspires for something transcendental. Beautifully crafted. I've had powerful recreational drugs that weren't as mind-blowing.
April 22, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Took me a long time to get around to playing Tetris Effect in VR. Blown away. It doubles down on the game's meditative qualities and aspires for something transcendental. Beautifully crafted. I've had powerful recreational drugs that weren't as mind-blowing.
If only our global emissions graphs looked like Oscars ratings graphs
March 12, 2024 at 10:25 PM
If only our global emissions graphs looked like Oscars ratings graphs
As part of a new art exhibition, Melbourne's Immigration Museum has constructed a fabulous replica of a video store from the 90s. Here's me behind the counter, and my story in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
March 8, 2024 at 8:56 PM
As part of a new art exhibition, Melbourne's Immigration Museum has constructed a fabulous replica of a video store from the 90s. Here's me behind the counter, and my story in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
And they say critics aren't artistic!
February 14, 2024 at 4:24 AM
And they say critics aren't artistic!
George Carlin 😅😅
February 11, 2024 at 2:25 AM
George Carlin 😅😅
Look away for a moment, and toddlers change the reality in the room
January 19, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Look away for a moment, and toddlers change the reality in the room
There's a large framed print of this quote at my local GP. It didn't remind me of any F. Scott Fitzgerald book. Turns out it's commonly misattrubuted and originated from the film adaptation of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I need to make an appointment with the doctor and tell 'em, right?
January 6, 2024 at 7:24 AM
There's a large framed print of this quote at my local GP. It didn't remind me of any F. Scott Fitzgerald book. Turns out it's commonly misattrubuted and originated from the film adaptation of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I need to make an appointment with the doctor and tell 'em, right?
The opening paragraph of Peter Pan is classic. Bold, bittersweet, and in the last sentence, unexpectedly cynical.
December 22, 2023 at 10:57 PM
The opening paragraph of Peter Pan is classic. Bold, bittersweet, and in the last sentence, unexpectedly cynical.
Love Larry David's statement about the end of Curb Your Enthusiasm 🤣🤣
December 15, 2023 at 1:47 AM
Love Larry David's statement about the end of Curb Your Enthusiasm 🤣🤣