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    Why the horror of "Jaws" still works on me (part three: the movie)
    Bryan W. Alaspa
    • Apr 16, 2018
    • 5 min

    Why the horror of "Jaws" still works on me (part three: the movie)

    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
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    Why the horror of "Jaws" still works on me (part one)
    Bryan W. Alaspa
    • Apr 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    Why the horror of "Jaws" still works on me (part one)

    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
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    MOVIE REVIEW: Batman vs Superman
    Bryan W. Alaspa
    • Mar 30, 2016
    • 4 min

    MOVIE REVIEW: Batman vs Superman

    I like to write movie reviews. Technically, I have a minor degree in film theory and criticism. I know, try to contain your jealousy over the fact that I both majored and minored in unemployment. I used to write reviews for a bunch of places online, but most of them have closed down, so I just write them here. This past weekend I went and saw the epic Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. The movie itself has been the source of criticism from the very start. No one liked Ben A
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