When word first broke that Lego would be taking their ever-successful colored bricks to the big screen, many, including UTG, shuddered with visions of the potential CGI horror that lie ahead. A short while ago the first poster and trailer found their way online, and I am happy to report The Lego Movie actually looks […]
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SH!T BRICKS: First Trailer For ‘The Lego Movie’ Is Actually Pretty Cool
June 18th, 2013 
James Shotwell 
Oh No, A Play-Doh Movie May Soon Be A Reality
April 3rd, 2015 James Shotwell Following the success of The Lego Movie, Hollywood execs began scrambling for other brands from our collective childhood that could be easily converted into box office gold. While I’m not sure 20th Century Fox has a sure thing on their hands, the studio’s latest acquisition is turning more than a few heads. According to reports […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Are You Here’ Rambles On Pointlessly About Love, Life, And Greed
August 26th, 2014 Sam Cohen Film: Are You Here Directed by: Matthew Weiner Starring: Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler With Zach Braff’s feature Wish I Was Here, a film that was supposed to be about carrying on in life turned into a somewhat directionless narrative feature chock full of overstuffed allegory and inane ruminations about epiphanies. With Are You Here […]
BURN EVERYTHING: Simon Cowell Is Giving The World A ‘Betty Boop’ Movie
August 15th, 2014 James Shotwell Simon Cowell, known for everything from American Idol to creating One Direction, announced Thursday that he is bringing your great-grandparents’ favorite cartoon, Betty Boop, to the big screen. Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Australian digital production house Animal Logic (Lego Movie, The Great Gatsby) will give Betty Boop her first music-driven, hybrid animated comedy with Boop’s […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘I Origins’
July 25th, 2014 Sam Cohen Film: I Origins Directed by: Mike Cahill Starring: Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Brit Marling What if you experienced something in your life that would result in shattering your preconceptions about it? That’s what Mike Cahill, director of 2011’s mystifying Another Earth, is asking with his new film I Origins. Luckily, that overlying theme is just […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Snowpiercer’
June 21st, 2014 Grace Duffy Film: Snowpiercer Directed by: Bong Joon-ho Starring: Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Song Kang-Ho There’s a fight scene early on in Snowpiercer where a bunch of masked men wielding axes pause mid-carnage to ring in the new year. The titular train is hurtling across a bridge which marks the end of the annual circuit, so these […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ’22 Jump Street’
June 13th, 2014 Sam Cohen Film: 22 Jump Street Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum Directed by: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller The dynamic duo of Hill and Tatum with their immense bromance and self-aware police antics have returned again to do the exact same thing that they did in 21 Jump Street. Luckily though, this sequel resembles a red solo […]
This Is Not A Joke: A ‘Peeps’ Movie Is In Development
April 23rd, 2014 James Shotwell Easter may have come and went, but the marshmallow treat most commonly associated with the bunny side of the holiday has one more surprise of its sleeve. News broke this morning that development is underway for a film based on the confectionery treats known as Peeps. Yes, Peeps. The sugar-coated, animal-shaped delights that fill Easter […]
Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg Team Up For Sega Vs. Nintendo Movie, ‘Console Wars’
February 24th, 2014 Kendra Beltran With the success of Wreck-It Ralph and The Lego Movie, one would assume Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg would be writing and directing an animated take on the story of Sega and Nintendo battle in Console Wars…only they’re not. The team behind This Is The End plan on making this a serious, behind-the-scenes movie about […]
Kid CuDi Cast As Ari Gold’s Assistant In Upcoming ‘Entourage’ Movie
February 21st, 2014 James Shotwell 2014 is the year KiD CuDi becomes a full-blown movie star. Next month, Kid CuDi will star opposite Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul in the highly anticipated adaptation of the Need For Speed video game franchise. We had the chance to see it last week, and we’ll tell you right now it’s the most fun we […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Open Grave’
January 9th, 2014 Justin Proper Film: Open Grave Starring: Sharlto Copley, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Kretschmann Director: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego Writers: Chris Borey, Eddie Borey The trick to a good thriller/horror is to only reveal enough plot to keep the audience intrigued. Most of these films involve trying to figure out who the killer is amongst a group of people that are stuck […]