The summertime beaches of 1975 were empty, but the movie theaters were full thanks to Steven Spielberg’s thriller Jaws. Considered by film historians to be the first-ever summer blockbuster, Jaws put ...

Fifty years ago, "Jaws" made many moviegoers afraid to get into the water. To celebrate its fear-inducing feat, the movie is returning to theaters across the U.S. for its anniversary. Why not ...

"The shark is not working." These words rang across Martha's Vineyard in the mid-1970s. At the time, Steven Spielberg had set up shop on the small island to film a cinematic adaptation of Peter ...

There is some other news going on in the world. For instance, this weekend marks 50 years since movies changed forever. My colleague Scott Detrow recently spoke with two NPR film lovers about a ...

(WJW) — It’s the movie that made people fear the water, and the fear didn’t stop with audiences. The sentiment also applied to one of the young actors on set. Bobby Sherman, teen idol in the 1960s and ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It didn’t take long for “Jaws” to make an impression. The movie that launched the summer blockbuster season and changed how people view sharks and the ocean 50 years ago also ...

Melody MacReady is a writer and transwoman (she/her), passionate about all things pop culture-related. From movies to shows to games to comic books, there is not much that she does not enjoy or ...

Looking back, I guess the timing of my parents taking us three kids on vacation to the beaches of Wildwood, N.J. for a week could have been better. It was early Summer 1975 and we had just seen the ...