May 16th, 2013 
Justin Proper For The Love Of Film is a weekly column from film nerd and lover of all movies Justin Proper. Sometimes you need some help to figure out how to enjoy movies, and we are here to help! No longer will you need to fear movie night because your friends have no taste in film. With this column you will be able to love even the worst gems to ever grace the silver screen.
It is no secret that Vin Diesel is a badass. As soon as you see him show up in a movie you know shit is about …
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May 10th, 2013 Jacob Tender Alfonso Cuarón wowed us all with his 2006 film adaptation of Children of Men, a dystopian science fiction story written by P. D. James in 1992.
Since then, however, Cuarón gave up his director’s chair for production credits on films such as Pan’s Labyrinth, only to sit back down again for 2013′s next Sci-Fi epic, Gravity.
Gravity positions Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, who portray astronauts on a shuttle mission. Clooney as Captain and Bullock as a first-time medical engineer. On a space-walk outside of the shuttle, an explosion destroys the craft, and with it, all ties …
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April 19th, 2013 James Shotwell Film: Oblivion
Starring: Tom Cruise
Director: Joseph Kosinski
When I was younger, Sci-Fi was the genre I ran to when I needed an escape from the world around me. Outer space, the future, armageddon, it all drew me in with wide eyes and an open mind. What is the point of making movies if you cannot be creative, right? Few genres allow for the kind of open-ended creativity that comes with sci-fi, and when a new genre blockbuster rolls out it is expected that it will come complete with an original story, unique characters, and in more recent times, eye-popping …
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February 22nd, 2013 Justin Proper Movie: Dark Skies
Director: Scott Stewart
Studio: Entertainment One, Blumhouse Productions
It seems like every other week there is a new haunted house or demon possession movie. This style of horror has overtaken Hollywood due to its cost effectiveness. Those movies are cheap and no matter how bad they are they always seem to make money. What if this time it is not a ghost or demon or whatever other supernatural thing messing with a family in the suburbs, but aliens? If that idea sounds entertaining to you then you are in for a treat because Dark Skies is that …
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October 27th, 2012 Justin Proper Of all the holidays celebrated worldwide, no one day is more loved by the UTG staff than Halloween. With the arrival of October, 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 about to read.
31 Days Of Halloween is a recurring daily feature that will run throughout the month of October. The hope and goal of this column is to supply every UTG reader with a daily horror movie recommendation that is guaranteed to amplify your Halloween festivities. We’ll …
Posted in Editorials, Features, Movies, News, reviews Tags: 31 days of halloween, event horizon, horror, laurence fishbourne, paul ws anderson, sam neil, sci fi, space No Comments »
April 9th, 2012 James Shotwell Years after making a splash on the indie scene with the ultra-mega-unbelievably-depressing film Dear Zachary, Kurt Kuenne returns to screens this summer with a low budget sci-fi flick genre nerds will be lining up to see.
Acquired by Screen Media Films following a successful festival run, Shuffle is a black and white tale unlike any in recent memory. Movies.com describes the feature as follows:
“a man (TJ Thyne) who has no idea why he keeps waking up at different points in his life. Using clues from each experience, he begins to piece together why this keeps happening to him …
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January 28th, 2012 James Shotwell Film: The Theater Bizarre
Starring: Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb, Amanda Marquardt
Directed by: Various
The last year has seen a rise in the number of horror anthologies being release and the latest, Image Entertainment’s Theater Bizarre, keeps things nice and weird.
At the risk of setting hopes too high, it is clear from early on that Theater Bizarre has a timeless element to its design, as if it already knows it is destined for midnight screenings for decades to come. As the stories begin to unfold, this becomes clearer as things quickly move from strange, to creepy, to downright …
Posted in Features, Movies, reviews Tags: 2011, 2012, Amanda Marquardt, anthologies, Anthology, critique, film, horror, movie review, review, sci fi, the theater bizarre, theater bizarre reviews, Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb No Comments »
January 11th, 2012 Justin Proper Under The Gun is continuing our efforts to bring you more original and engaging content with REASONABLE REMAKES. Written by film-nerd Justin Proper, this column aims to highlight Hollywood’s forgotten gems and spark debate.
You see, we’ve grown tired of Hollywood rehashing ideas we’re old enough to remember. Why remake something the majority of the planet still remembers and loves deeply when there are tons of films that deserve a chance to be as great as modern technology and skill can make them? If you agree, this column is for you.
August 31st, 2011 James Shotwell Under The Gun is continuing our efforts to bring you more original and engaging content with REASONABLE REMAKES. Written by film-nerd Justin Proper, this column aims to highlight Hollywood’s forgotten gems and spark debate.
You see, we’ve grown tired of Hollywood rehashing ideas we’re old enough to remember. Why remake something the majority of the planet still remembers and loves deeply when there are tons of films that deserve a chance to be as great as modern technology and skill can make them? If you agree, this column is for you.
If you have any suggestions for films or …
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June 20th, 2011 Jacob Tender “f I could give one piece of advice to film makers it would be this, Stay away from aliens. Go to a theatre and watch the previews before any feature film. 90% of the trailers contain alien or robotic bull crap that I honestly don’t want to see any more. Give me a good movie that I can think about. Something that will make me think about how the movie could end, and then throw me backwards with a twist.”
Posted in Features, Movies, News Tags: abrams, cloverfield, elle fanning, joe lamb, monster, movie review, not good, sci fi, spielberg, sucked, super 8 2 Comments »
