Of all the holidays celebrated worldwide, no single day is more loved by the UTG staff than Halloween. With the arrival of the year’s best month, the time has finally come to begin rolling out a plethora of features and special announcements we have prepared in celebration of our favorite day, including the one you’re […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Magic In The Moonlight’
July 31st, 2014 
James Shotwell Film: Magic In The Moonlight Starring: Colin Firth, Emma Stone Directed by: Woody Allen A year after delivering the award-winning Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen is back with a far simpler tale of life, love, and the funny things people will do for money. Magic In The Moonlight stars Colin Firth as Stanley, an aging magician […]
Rest In Peace: Elaine Stritch (1925 – 2014)
July 17th, 2014 James Shotwell First Johnny Winter, and now this? Today sucks. News has been breaking for the past hour that broadway and screen legend Elaine Stritch died on Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Michigan. She was 89. Stritch started her entertainment career more than half a century ago. She landed a few small TV roles at the […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Zach Braff Talks ‘Wish I Was Here’
July 17th, 2014 James Shotwell A little over a year ago, Scrubs star Zach Braff made international headlines when he turned to the world of Kickstarter to fund his latest film. Fans of Braff and his previous cinematic creation (Garden State) funded the project in less than 48 hours, which brought delight to some and rage to others. Some were […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘They Came Together’
June 27th, 2014 Kevin Blumeyer Film: They Came Together Directed by: David Wain Written By: David Wain, Michael Showalter Starring: Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bill Hader As film theory would have it, every genre goes through four stages: Primitive, Classical, Parodic and Revisionist. In the case of the romantic comedy, by my estimation, we’ve completed this cycle twice. The first […]
Movie Review: Fading Gigolo
April 20th, 2014 James Shotwell Film: Fading Gigolo Directed by: John Turturro Starring: John Turturro, Woody Allen Two cash-strapped friends toeing the line with their golden years find new income thanks to the world’s oldest profession in John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo. It all sounds so simple at first. Murray, the aging owner of a bookstore that is currently going out of business, […]
2014 Oscar Results (Updating Live)
March 2nd, 2014 Kriston McConnell It’s that time of the year again; the Academy Awards. Thousands of people descend upon Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre to watch actors, actresses, directors and writers win a little golden statue. This is the second time Ellen DeGeneres has had the opportunity to host the Oscars. She hosted the 79th Academy Awards and was the very […]
The 2014 Oscar Nominees
January 16th, 2014 James Shotwell Now that the Golden Globes are over, there is only one major movie awards show left to bicker over and earlier today its 2014 nominations were revealed. Announced via live broadcast from Los Angeles at 6AM local time (PST), the 2014 Oscar nominations featured the usual fare of obvious picks and wtf snubs. Gravity and […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Ximena Borges Discusses ‘Joyful Noise’
December 11th, 2013 Brian Leak “I refuse to be put in a box and want people to instead remember me as an artist who will always be coming up with something audacious.” Ximena Borges has grown in popularity in her homeland of Venezuela over the years but as an uproot living partially in New York, she’s now bringing her unique […]
Alec Baldwin Admits ‘Rock Of Ages’ Is A “Horrible Movie”
October 23rd, 2013 James Shotwell Did you see Rock Of Ages? You know, the hair metal musical starring Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, and a slew of other recognizable faces that came and went from theaters in a one month span during the summer of 2012? I did. It was horrifying. Speaking before a group of media professionals this week, Alec […]
‘The Butler’ Tops Charts For The Second Consecutive Week
August 25th, 2013 Adrian Garza Lee Daniels’ The Butler sure has been making waves, and for good reason: it’s one hell of a movie. As this weekend comes to a close, early estimates have revealed that the film is poised to earn around 17 million in gross profit. Further behind it comes The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, The World’s […]
First ‘Blue Jasmine’ Trailer Puts Cate Blanchett’s Breakdown Front And Center
June 7th, 2013 James Shotwell Woody Allen has been releasing a film a year for longer than many of our readers have been alive. More often than not these films go on to be amongst the best films of the year, and today we get our first look at his latest potential masterpiece. Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett as “a […]