Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'Jaws @ 50' tells definitive 'behind-the-scenes' story BRUCE R. MILLER Jul 4, 2025 Jul 4, 2025 Updated May 30, 2026 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal entertainment editor Bruce Miller talks with Laurent Bouzereau, the director of "Jaws @ 50." Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There wouldn’t be Shark Week without “Jaws.” Steven Spielberg, director of "Jaws," appears in "Jaws @ 50." 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DEC62>D @? s:D?6JZ 2?5 wF=F]k^6>mk^Am Movies & TV The first blockbuster: 'Jaws' challenged its director, its cast, its producers BRUCE R. MILLER Bruce Miller is editor of the Sioux City Journal. 0 Comments Related to this story Video: Bruce Miller talks with "Jaws @ 50" director Sioux City Journal entertainment editor Bruce Miller talks with Laurent Bouzereau, the director of "Jaws @ 50." 'Washington Black' offers plenty of thrills for Eddie Karanja Based on the best-seller “Washington Black,” the miniseries follows the boy’s journey from slavery to independence, from scientific assistant … Creating an epic: 'Washington Black' requires two actors and a star Chronicling the life of an 11-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, “Washington Black” follows him from slavery to freedom to pers… Review: New 'Superman' takes off and never lets go The new “Superman” film doesn’t waste time with the big guy’s origins story. 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Movies & TV The first blockbuster: 'Jaws' challenged its director, its cast, its producers BRUCE R. MILLER
Video: Bruce Miller talks with "Jaws @ 50" director Sioux City Journal entertainment editor Bruce Miller talks with Laurent Bouzereau, the director of "Jaws @ 50."
'Washington Black' offers plenty of thrills for Eddie Karanja Based on the best-seller “Washington Black,” the miniseries follows the boy’s journey from slavery to independence, from scientific assistant …
Creating an epic: 'Washington Black' requires two actors and a star Chronicling the life of an 11-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, “Washington Black” follows him from slavery to freedom to pers…
Review: New 'Superman' takes off and never lets go The new “Superman” film doesn’t waste time with the big guy’s origins story. It’s a new approach that isn’t afraid to make contemporary parallels.
Review: 'Eddington' captures COVID mood, not its endgame Just when you think it’s headed somewhere, Ari Aster’s film starts to devolve and we’re not quite sure what it’s trying to say.
