BRYAN W. ALASPA

SPOILERS: I cannot believe I have to write this about a movie that came out in the 70s, but if you haven't seen the movie Jaws (what is your problem?) then there are spoilers ahead. Like, big ones. The movie rights to the novel Jaws were sold very quickly. The publishers knew they had a hit on their hands even before it shot up the bestseller list. The question was, who the heck was going to direct it? How would it be filmed? Also, how did you translate this novel that had so

SPOILERS AHEAD - if you haven't read the novel... Peter Benchley was a writer trying to make a living off of his art for years. He had an agent and that agent was able to get in touch with a publisher and present a number of ideas Benchley had indicated he thought would make good books. One of them was about his obsession when it came to sharks. He had spent much of his youth obsessed with learning all about sharks and things related to the sea. The publisher assumed he was a

SPOILER ALERTS: Hey, I am gonna talk about both the movie and novel Jaws here. If, for some reason, you have not read or seen this classic horror tale, stop now...go watch or read or both! Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you??? People often ask me why I got into horror in the first place. What was it that first got me to like the darker side of things? Was it Halloween or Alien or Psycho? All of those things, of course, have had some influence on me, but the one that r

OK, if you have not seen Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2 or Suicide Squad, stop reading right now. If you are one of those namby-pambees that cannot stand to know what happens in a movie and enjoy it for what it is, then go away. See the films and come back. Cuz SPOILERS ahead. OK? We good? Great. So, I saw Guardians just last week and while the movie is flawed and a bit long (I found myself checking my watch a few times during the end battle sequence wondering when they were