14 h. ago List of the top summer movies since ‘Jaws’ turned it into blockbuster season in 1975

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jaws” turns 50 this week, and its legacy of the summer movie blockbuster remains strong. The titles that have packed the most summer moviegoers into theaters since 1975 represent some of the best known films of the last half century, including five “Star Wars” movies, Pixar favorites like “Toy Story 3” […]

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4 d. ago ‘Jaws’ turns 50: Dissecting the scariest two notes in film history

Duhhhh-nuh. Duhh-nuh. Duh-nuh. Duhnuh duhnuh duhnuh … If you grew up with brothers and some form of pool access in the 1980s, you probably played Jaws. Our version went something like this: One brother (the meal) treads water; another (the shark) swims around the depths of the deep end, waiting to strike; and a third […]

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1 week ago REVIEW: ‘Jaws’ meets ‘Silence of the Lambs’ in ‘Dangerous Animals’

Half a century after Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” stirred fear and fascination by painting sharks as bloodthirsty monsters of the sea, the tongue-in-cheek horror thriller “Dangerous Animals” gets its kicks watching a predator in cargo shorts and flip-flops – not one with a dorsal fin and sharp teeth – toying with his prey. In a sharksploitation […]

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3 w. ago Toronto Maple Leafs’ summer check list will be a lengthy one

Many questions include how the front office shapes up and what to do with free agents Marner, Tavares and Knies

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3 w. ago Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water: Jaws turns 50, but still resonates — and terrifies

Jaws may not be one of the greatest films of all time. It’s no Casablanca, Godfather or Citizen Kane. However, its imprint on popular culture cannot be denied. The movie’s tagline alone — “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water” — has become one of the most famous in […]

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4 w. ago Fictional fiction: A newspaper’s summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

NEW YORK (AP) — The recommended reading list contained some works of fiction. It also contained some works that were, in fact, actually fictional. The content distributor King Features says it has fired a writer who used artificial intelligence to produce a story on summer reading suggestions that contained books that didn’t exist. The list […]

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