Revisiting the iconic scenes from the first Summer blockbuster: Steven Spielberg’s JAWS (1975)

Happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans!! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ  🌭 πŸ–οΈ πŸ¦πŸŽ† The 2023 Summer Solstice was back on June 21 but I always think of the 4th of July as the quintessential American Summer celebration. As I'm posting this, most people are likely outside enjoying warm-weather activities like grilling, swimming, picnic-ing, etc. I, on …

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Classic Flix Review: The French Connection (1971)

Greetings, all and sundry! I am going to take a well-deserved respite from Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck and take a few moments to wax poetic and nostalgic about a film that solidly grabbed my attention more than forty years ago. One that firmly anchored the concept of the 'Partner Film'. Which is very different …

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