Film: Mojave Directed by: William Monahan Starring: Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac, Walton Goggins William Monahan, the Boston native who wrote Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, makes his second directorial effort with Mojave. The man clearly has a knack for writing people driven by their selfish anger, but always in a satirical and funny sense. Same thing […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mojave’ Hurls Everything At A Wall, Something Sticks
January 30th, 2016 
Sam Cohen 
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January 29th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: The Finest Hours Directed by: Craig Gillespie Starring: Chris Pine, Holliday Grainger, Casey Affleck Heroic feats on the sea seem to be a bit of a trend nowadays at the theaters. With Ron Howard’s In The Heart of the Sea, we learned that even the most harrowing stories can get slighted by the search […]
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January 28th, 2016 Sam Cohen 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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January 22nd, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Dirty Grandpa Directed by: Dan Mazer Starring: Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Aubrey Plaza Vulgar comedies are a dime a dozen today. Some go too far, some not far enough. Amongst the litany of studio dreck are a few gems, like Step Brothers or That’s My Boy (that’s right, I like that movie). Dirty […]
Posted in Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: 2016 movie review, aubrey plaza, Dirty Grandpa, Julianne Hough, robert de niro, Step Brothers, that's my boy, zac efron, Zoey Deutch Comments Off on MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Dirty Grandpa’ Is Gross, And Not In A Fun Or Entertaining WayMOVIE REVIEW: ’13 Hours’ Is Almost Like Lazy Propaganda…With Explosions
January 15th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: 13 Hours Directed By: Michael Bay Starring: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Max Martini Politicking aside, the raid of the U.S. compound in Benghazi resulted in soldiers giving their lives to protect others. That’s the real-life event at its moral core, right? What director Michael Bay is presupposing here is that, “maybe our military’s […]
Posted in Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: 13 Hours movie review, 2016 movie review, Benghazi, James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini, michael bay, paramount pictures 1 Comment »MOVIE REVIEW: Don’t Enter ‘The Forest,’ Please
January 8th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: The Forest Directed by: Jason Zada Starring: Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Yukiyoshi Ozawa It’s the beginning of the new year, folks. With that comes many beautiful things in film, like new indies to be seen or award-nominated movies to binge. Then there’s the other side of the spectrum—a much less hopeful and wide-eyed time […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Flexes The Power Of Escapism (And The Light Side)
December 19th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver Directed By: JJ Abrams I’m not going to sit here and reflect upon the personal relationship I had with the Star Wars franchise as a kid. We grow up, move on, get a job and the magic in life fades a little […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘In The Heart Of The Sea’ Sinks To Dull Depths
December 11th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: In the Heart of the Sea Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw Directed By: Ron Howard Like an old school seafaring yarn, In the Heart of the Sea was primed to be told by a campfire. You know, the kind of story you’d listen to as a kid and sit frozen in disgust […]
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UTG’s 31 Days Of Halloween: ‘Phenomena’
October 15th, 2015 Sam Cohen 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 […]
Posted in Columns, Editorials, Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: dario argento, Donald Pleasance, Halloween movies, horror movies, jennifer connelly, Once Upon a Time in America, Phenomena, scary movies, Sergio Leone, UTG'S 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN Comments Off on UTG’s 31 Days Of Halloween: ‘Phenomena’
UTG’s 31 Days Of Halloween: ‘Lifeforce’
October 7th, 2015 Sam Cohen 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 […]
Posted in Columns, Editorials, Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: best of horror, Cannon Films, chuck norris, Death Wish II, Halloween movies, horror, Lifeforce, Menahem Golan, Patrick Stewart, scary movies, texas chainsaw massacre, The Delta Force, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, tobe hooper, TriStar Pictures, UTG'S 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN Comments Off on UTG’s 31 Days Of Halloween: ‘Lifeforce’
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ Fleets Over Scorched Earth
September 16th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Starring: Dylan O’ Brien, Barry Pepper, Kaya Scodelario, Alan Tudyk Directed by: Wes Ball “Another YA movie, another day.” Images ripped from The Hunger Games and Divergent danced around in my head before the seeing the second entry in the Maze Runner series. Authoritarian governments, dystopian or apocalyptic society, […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Sicario’ Plunges You Into The Dour Heart Of A Drug War
September 15th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Sicario Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro Directed by: Denis Villeneuve In the US and Mexico, the war on drugs rages on. The line between cop and criminal has become blurred in a battle that takes any and all prisoners. The ethical rot brought on by the ever-rising body count pushes people to […]
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