Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'Jaws @ 50' tells definitive 'behind-the-scenes' story BRUCE R. MILLER Jul 4, 2025 Jul 4, 2025 Updated Jul 23, 2025 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal entertainment editor Bruce Miller talks with Laurent Bouzereau, the director of "Jaws @ 50." 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 Love 0 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0 Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story What to Stream: A look back at 'Jaws,' Clipse reunite and 'Bachelor in Paradise' is flirty The Backstreet Boys' "Millennium 2.0" and cult-horror "Opus" are also among the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Video: Bruce Miller talks with "Jaws @ 50" director Sioux City Journal entertainment editor Bruce Miller talks with Laurent Bouzereau, the director of "Jaws @ 50." 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Movies & TV The first blockbuster: 'Jaws' challenged its director, its cast, its producers BRUCE R. MILLER
What to Stream: A look back at 'Jaws,' Clipse reunite and 'Bachelor in Paradise' is flirty The Backstreet Boys' "Millennium 2.0" and cult-horror "Opus" are also among the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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.