Next summer, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg will continue to add to his legacy with yet another new undertaking—his first film for Disney. According to a wealth of sources, the Academy Award-winning director will soon captain a new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s celebrated children’s book, The BFG, based off a script penned by E.T. co-collaborator Melissa […]
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Steven Spielberg And Richard Donner To Head ‘The Goonies’ Sequel
April 22nd, 2014 
Kyle Florence Over the weekend, The Goonies director Richard Donner revealed to TMZ that a sequel to the 1985 classic is in the works, with Steven Spielberg once again penning the script. Peek below the jump to watch the full interview. Set in Astoria, Oregon, The Goonies centers on a group of teens who, while attempting to save […]
Steven Spielberg Announces ‘Obama’
April 28th, 2013 James Shotwell Every year the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) hosts a dinner on the last Saturday in April at the Washington Hilton. The event, which is usually attended by the President and Vice President, celebrates the prior year and offers the journalists who spend all their time covering the White House a chance to relax and […]
Steven Soderbergh Rescored ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark,’ And It’s In Black And White
September 23rd, 2014 Tyler Hanan Why? Because staging. The “retired” (from film, in that word’s very strictest definiton) Steven Soderbergh has been hard at work on another singular, Soderbergh-y project. He’s put the result, Raiders as you’ve never seen it, up on his website “for educational purposes only.” As a means of studying staging, Soderbergh has taken the Steven Spielberg classic (“this filmmaker forgot more […]
UTG’s 31 Days Of Halloween: ‘Poltergeist’
October 31st, 2015 Kyle Florence 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 […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Irrational Man’ Is An Odd Woody Allen Film
August 3rd, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Irrational Man Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone Directed by: Woody Allen Caught between the woman he should love and the one who will be his ruin, a man finds himself discovering the reason for his existence in Woody Allen’s Irrational Man. Coming off the lukewarm, albeit whimsically nihilistic Magic In The Moonlight, Woody Allen has […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Poltergeist’ Is A Reboot Nightmare
May 22nd, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Poltergeist Starring: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt Directed by: Gil Kenan Thirty-three years after Tobe Hooper sent chills down the spines of audience members everywhere with his unique and thrilling Poltergeist film, a modern reboot has appeared with absolutely nothing new to share. Directed by Gil Kenan, the 2015 version of Poltergeist borrows its core […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Scott Ian Discusses ‘Speaking Words’ Tour, Anthrax, And NOT Watching The Grammys
February 10th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli “I have as much to do with the Grammys as I do with the fucking Oscars.” Scott Ian, guitarist of iconic metal band Anthrax, is a straight shooter. It’s probably rooted in his Queens, NY attitude, but regardless of where it came from, the man doesn’t dance around what he’s trying to say. When I […]
Chris Pratt Will Star In ‘Jurassic World’
January 14th, 2014 Drew Caruso Soon enough everyone will know the awesomeness that is Chris Pratt. Currently a star on the much loved Parks and Recreation, as well as taking lead in Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, we can now add the highly anticipated Jurassic World to Pratt’s roster. Revealed in a tweet by Ron Howard, Pratt will star alongside […]
The First XBOX-Exclusive Film is a Documentary About Atari and ‘E.T.: The Video Game’
December 19th, 2013 Nina Corcoran We’ve been hearing some exciting rumors regarding what will come out of the XBOX Live platform as programmed by Microsoft (like Steven Spielberg being involved with the Halo series). But now we have an official announcement from the company about their first exclusive content: a documentary about Atari’s E.T.: The Video Game. Get your hardhat on, […]
Disney Buys Rights To ‘Indiana Jones’
December 8th, 2013 Kendra Beltran At this point Disney will own everything and Mickey Mouse will be running the government one day. It was announced Friday, December 6, that Disney had bought the rights to future Indiana Jones movies. Paramount will retain ownership of the previous ones. So does this mean Harrison Ford will reprise his role as Indy? The […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Oldboy’
November 29th, 2013 Kevin Blumeyer Film: Oldboy Directed by: Spike Lee Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley Chan-wook Park’s original Korean version of Oldboy is one of the most revered foreign films of the past decade or so. Released in 2003, it still comes up in conversations with all sorts of moviegoers, even amongst those who don’t typically delve […]