On June 20, 1975, “Jaws” forever changed the cinematic landscape, and 50 years later, the film has just as much bite. The tagline “You’ll never go in the water again” stretched into real life. The ...

Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. "You got any better suggestions?" Turns out, the shark did ...

Jaws recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025 with a new documentary, but the original 1975 film, along with its ...

When the film was released 50 years ago—yes, 50 years ago—Jaws might have been one of the scariest films anyone had ever seen. In 1975, the enormous killer shark that was terrifying the residents of ...

Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw led a cast rounded out by Martha's Vineyard locals. Director Steven Spielberg and author Peter Benchley both expressed regret over how the film ...

Mayor Vaughn epitomizes greed by prioritizing money over safety, by denying shark attacks, and refusing to close the beach. Quint is the Jaws equivalent of Captain Ahab, with a dark past that leaves ...

My friend Raymond and I saw Jaws in a South Jersey movie theater, possibly outside Cherry Hill, on its opening weekend 50 years ago. It was a sold-out weekend show — the film had opened the day before ...

Though both are great movies, one might not see much in common with the 1975 film “Jaws” (directed by Steven Spielberg) and the 1971 film “A Clockwork Orange” (directed by Stanley Kubrick). As stated, ...

The author’s father, outside of The Chatham Squire, in June 2015 during the 40th anniversary of Jaws. Credit: CONTRIBUTED In case you missed it, this year is the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s ...

It’s eerie how a movie released 50 years ago could have so many parallels today as we process the July Fourth flooding that killed more than 130 people in the Texas Hill Country, with more than 100 of ...