Film: The Lady In The Van Directed By: Nicholas Hytner Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings Saccharine messages like “sometimes in life, you need a helping hand” litter the feel-good true stories we see gracing the cinema every so often. What those “feel-good” stories tend to do is err to the side of dramatic sop or […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Lady In The Van’ Pulls Out Of First Gear, Thanks To Maggie Smith
January 28th, 2016 
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Maggie’ Is Brimming With Emotional Tension
May 12th, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Maggie Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin Directed by: Henry Hobson Some say the film world’s obsession with the undead has run its course, but Maggie is proof there are still great stories to be told. It doesn’t hurt that it’s also a gorgeously shot feature, or that the lead performance from Arnold Schwarzenegger is […]
Lionsgate Picks Up ‘Maggie,’ A Film Full of Zombies, Fatherly Love, and Schwarzenegger
August 27th, 2014 Tyler Hanan Per Joblo, Lionsgate has picked up the zombie anti-thriller Maggie. Taking a peak at the synopsis, the film looks to take a microscope to something usually only given a few quick seconds in zombie and infection flicks: the transformation. A young woman becomes infected – likely by bite, but perhaps by blood spray or a bad burger. […]
UTG Interview: Maggie Q And Mekhi Phifer Talk ‘Divergent’
March 21st, 2014 James Shotwell Today is the day readers of young adult fantasy fiction have been anxiously awaiting since the release of Catching Fire in November 2013. Divergent, starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James, opens nationwide today after a seemingly never-ending press blitz with the hopes of becoming the next great teen franchise. Whether or not it lives up […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
August 17th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Red Hot Chili Peppers are finally back! After 4 years of waiting RHCP have given us a visual aid to back up “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie,” off of their upcoming effort I’m With You. The brand new video can be seen by simply clicking past the jump. Please let Under The Gun Review […]
Save Face Stream New Single “Preoccupied”
January 7th, 2016 John Bazley New Jersey’s Save Face have released a new track called “Preoccupied.” You can listen to the single, which premiered at AbsolutePunk, below. “Preoccupied” serves as a worthy follow-up to the band’s recent material from their split with Baltimore’s My Heart, My Anchor. Featuring a guest vocal spot from Equal Vision Records’ WATERMEDOWN, the song is […]
UTG’s 31 Days Of Halloween: ‘Popcorn’
October 11th, 2015 Brian Leak Of all the holidays celebrated worldwide, no single day is loved by the UTG staff more than Halloween. With October’s arrival, the time has finally come to begin rolling out a slew of features and special announcements we have prepared in celebration of our favorite day. Now in its fourth year, 31 Days Of Halloween […]
The Oh Hellos Stream Title Track off ‘Dear Wormwood’
September 5th, 2015 Kyle Florence The Oh Hellos have joined forces with Paste Magazine to premiere the title track off their forthcoming full-length effort, Dear Wormwood. Equally haunting and heavenly, the sibling duo’s latest offering is a rousing folk slow-burner laden with plucky string accompaniment and swelling percussion, bringing to mind the quintessential releases of Sufjan Stevens without feeling like […]
The Oh Hellos Share “Bitter Water,” Fantastic Folk That Goes Down Easy
August 21st, 2015 Brian Leak Maggie and Tyler Heath–maybe better known as the sibling duo The Oh Hellos–have announced that they’ll be following up their near-perfect 2012 release, Through The Deep, Dark Valley, with a brand new full-length this fall, titled Dear Wormwood. Yesterday, NPR had the honor of premiering the album’s new lead single and, if I’m being completely […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Slim Charles Talk ‘Small Improvements’ Reissue
January 26th, 2015 Mike Giegerich New York-based math-pop outfit Slim Charles caught the attention of multiple UTG staff members last year, a fortunate find that culminated in a song premiere preceding the release of their debut full-length, Small Improvements in Life and Light. Within recent months, the band has signed to Little L Records, an independent Irish label that has previously […]
A Complete List Of 2015 Golden Globes Winners
January 11th, 2015 James Shotwell The Golden Globes were tonight, and if you’re anything like the UTG crew you didn’t have the time or desire to watch the three-hour telecast you could just as easily follow on Twitter. We paid attention to winners as they rolled in, but out of thirty contributors I would wager no one on our staff […]
New On Netflix: November 2014
October 29th, 2014 James Shotwell Halloween is just days away, which means we are less than a week away from every department store transforming into Christmas music nightmares. There’s also Thanksgiving, tons of football, this writer’s birthday, and the long-awaited release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. There will also be a lot of new content to watch, […]