Down, but not out… As with WonderCon 2025, this year’s WonderCon was scaled-down even further, with no ‘big ticket’ panels or new movies or TV shows to promote. I expected at least one behind-the-scenes panel for this spring’s newest blockbuster, “Project Hail Mary,” but sadly, there was nothing. Not even a Rocky plushie. Even on…
Tag: JAWS
“The Shark Is Broken” (2022) brings the drama behind “JAWS” to the stage…
******GREAT WHITE SPOILERS!****** “The Shark Is Broken” (2022) is an enjoyable play chronicling the collision of egos between actors Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider during the troubled extended production of “JAWS”(1975); the Steven Spielberg blockbuster-crowdpleaser which inaugurated the summer blockbuster movie phenomenon. The play, which premiered in the UK and Ireland before coming…
“You’re gonna need a bigger display”: JAWS: The Exhibition opens at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles…
To any longtime readers, I swear that barring any unforeseen circumstances, this should be my final word on the 50th anniversary of “JAWS,” which happens to be one of my favorite films of all time. I’ve already published prior columns on my personal “JAWS” 50th anniversary celebrations and of recently revisiting the movie in 2D-IMAX,…
“This shark…swallow you whole!” Seeing “JAWS” (1975) in 2D-IMAX…
******THREE BARRELS OF SPOILERS!****** From Drive-In to IMAX For clarity, this will not be a review of “JAWS” (1975), which I reviewed the hell out of five years ago, and revisited again earlier this year for the movie’s official 50th anniversary celebration back in June. This column is about rewatching a movie I’ve seen countless…
“The Fantastic Four,” “JAWS” and “Project Hail Mary” highlighted my San Diego Comic Con 2025 experience…
I’ve Looked at Comic Con from Both Sides Now Returning to San Diego Comic Con (been doing these over 20 years now), I find every year’s experiences to be different. This year, for example, I was nursing a bad knee that’s facing eventual replacement. This led to me to get a first-time ever handicapped sticker…
“Smile, you son of a bitch!”: Celebrating a half-century of “JAWS”…
******GREAT WHITE SPOILERS!****** Fifty years ago, in that long ago summer of 1975, eight-year old me was piled along with my siblings and parents into our family’s Volkswagen bus, headed to a local SoCal drive-in to see “JAWS”; the blockbuster flick from the as-yet-unkown Steven Spielberg (hard to remember a time when he wasn’t a…
Retro-Musings: “Duel” (1971) was Steven Spielberg’s road-rage fueled precursor to “JAWS”…
******TANKER-FUELED SPOILERS!****** When I was a little kid growing up in the 1970s, most made-for-TV movies (with a few notable exceptions) were usually talky police procedurals, murder mysteries, courtroom dramas or thrillers. 1970s television wasn’t the typical venue for balls-to-the-wall, high-octane action flicks. However, the medium of television is where future cinematic legend Steven Spielberg…
Netflix’s “Under Paris” (“Sous la Seine”) swims smartly between genuine action-horror and broad camp…
******SUMMER SHARK SPOILERS!****** I just did a column on shark movies with my recent rewatch of “JAWS,” but hey—it’s summer. And off and on since 1975, summer has meant summer shark movies. With the exception of Steven Spielberg’s legendary summer blockbuster “JAWS,” most shark flicks fall somewhere along the spectrum of disposable wastes of time…
Watching 1975’s “JAWS” with a young first-timer…
******THREE BARRELS OF SPOILERS!****** Last night, we had our friend Kathy and her 12-year old son Joshua over for another ‘garage theater’ movie night at our humble abode. Continuing young Joshua’s ongoing film education into “the classics” (“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Jurassic Park,” “The Princess Bride,” the “Star Wars” & “Back to the…
A Movie Lover’s Dream; the Academy Museum…
The Academy Museum This week, my wife and I finally went where I’ve wanted to go since the place opened in September of 2021 (at the height of COVID, sadly); the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. The museum is by-appointment only, via their website or app, and parking is across the street…
Update for regular readers; a lot of fresh geeky content, coming soon…
This column is for regular readers/subscribers of this site, and don’t worry—it’s NOT bad news. Despite a lack of published content this week, this column is still going plenty strong. In fact, I’m taking a little breather this week, because I’ve got back-to-back events coming next week that I’m very eager to cover for this…
San Diego Comic Con 2022 returns at full-strength…
Welcome Back, San Diego Comic Con. With the cancellation of San Diego Comic Con 2020 and the much smaller capacity San Diego Comic Con ‘Special Edition’ over last year’s Thanksgiving weekend, SDCC returned in all of its 130,000 attendee glory this past week (July 20th-July 24th), and it was both good and a little terrifying…