Jaws

Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET rule US box office as cinegoers revisit classics with new releases delayed

In a pandemic that has resurrected all kinds of vintage pastimes, from puzzles to drive-ins, even the blockbusters are retro.

Looking back at Jaws, the first 'summer blockbuster' from 45 years ago, through the lens of a pandemic

Steven Speilberg's 1970 blockbuster Jaws seems even more prophetic now. The dreaded shark was merely warning us of the consequences of environmental damage.

A summer without the summer blockbuster: A pop culture staple is lost amid closed theatres, social distancing

Since Jaws, the summer blockbuster has become shorthand for a genre of films with immediate, wide appeal, serving audiences an entertaining concoction of adventure and spectacle. There’s a certain packaging or universally recognised template that has come to define the summer blockbuster.

Lee Fierro, best known for her role in Jaws franchise, dies due of coronavirus complications aged 91

Lee Fierro, an actor best known for playing Mrs. Kintner in Jaws, has died of complications from coronavirus on Sunday

Podcast roundup: From Wolverine to Dressed and Library Talks, here's our pick of the best this week

When there is a podcast on nearly every subject under the sun, finding one to suit your interests may seem daunting. To help you tune into one that's really worth your while, here is our weekly list of curated podcasts. From fiction, food, consciousness to Tim Gunn and Jaws— these podcasts cover it all.

With Kerala floods, let’s ask why we readily watch disaster movies even as real-life disasters leave us reeling

There’s something grotesque about a disaster movie, which plays on our darkest fears. There’s something equally grotesque about our reaction to these movies.

How Ready Player One director Steven Spielberg made us fall in love with movies and then ruined them

There's no doubt Steven Spielberg is one of the most influential directors of our time. But is he one of the greatest?

The Shallows review: Blake Lively kicks a shark's butt in this Jaume Collet-Serra film

So as far as shark based thrillers go, The Shallows — directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Blake Lively — is the best film in the genre since Spielberg’s Jaws.

'The Shallows' trailer: Blake Lively versus killer shark equals edge-of-seat thrills

Blake Lively's new film The Shallows promises plenty of nail-biting action, pitting the actress against a killer shark

Jaws 2.0! Angry shark attacks cage full of people in this viral video

In a video which seems like a scene straight out of <em>Jaws</em>, a great white shark suddenly attacked the cage of some people who had gone shark cage diving.