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,…
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“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…
“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…
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…