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In 1975, Steven Spielberg released Jaws. It was a movie based on a book by Peter Benchley. It is about a great white shark creating havoc during the summer in coastal town. This movie created nightmares for many people. People were scared to go into the ocean. This movie was also one of the earlier blockbusters. It starred Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw. The filming around the movie is as interesting as the story itself. Spielberg took a direction that has proven to be very successful. Less is more. Meaning the shark was not shown much in the first half of the movie. Part of that is because the mechanical shark malfunctioned and did not look real. If you have not seen this, you need to. It is entertaining and shows the ealy work of a master director. Amazon is running a great deal on the 4k. Check it out before it goes up in price. Jaws 4K Buy Now

The Prowler came out in the early 80's. It was directed by Joseph Zito. He also directed Invasion USA and Friday the 13th the Final Chapter. A really big plus is that Tom Savini did the special effects. There are some gruesome kills in this. I would say I had one big problem. There were a couple of scenes that could have been cut or shortened. Maybe they thought it was funny. I found it was boring and slows down the momentum of the movie. The story starts in 1945 where a woman is killed during a graduation party. In 1980, they decide to have the graduation party again. The killings start again. The Prowler Buy Now

I really hate sport biopics. Usually the main character acts all arrogant or the people around that person keeps telling them how great they are and will change the sport they are in. I doubt the people would constantly praise that person. I see Muhammed Ali is getting one. In the preview people keep telling him how great he is. On the other end are movies where two teams play each other. One team has to lose. If it is based on a real game, there is no spoiler. I just don't get what people get our of them. Even worse, is when the movie uses religion as part of the reason for a success. How would they know the others aren't highly religious? Why would God pick one over another? Then, we have real sports where they are constantly pointing to the sky. God blessed them with the ability to get wealthy. I'm sure he'd also expect that person to help the poor and sick. You know that does not happen.