#782: Jaws (45th Anniversary) / Power Ranking Spielberg Decades
A blowhard anti-science mayor ignoring the threat of a murderous invisible menace because it threatens the economy? What could JAWS possibly have to offer us 45 years later? Adam and Josh give the Spielberg classic the Sacred Cow treatment, and consider the director's nearly half-century of movie-making by Power Ranking his five decades of output.
0:00 - Billboard
1:04 - Review: "Jaws" at 45
Wyatt Waddell, "Fight"
41:29 - AK on "The King of Staten Island"
46:29 - Next Week / Poll
53:28 - “Da 5 Bloods” Correction / Notes
1:05:08 - Top 5: Power Ranking Spielberg
1:40:42 - Outro
NOTES/LINKS
Spielberg aces his musical directing debut and the latest from Sean Baker (“The Florida Project”).
The technical brilliance - and bracing relevance - of Spielberg's early masterpiece.
Tarantino, Spike Lee and Pixar all make appearances on this week's Top 5. Plus, Spielberg's fun, flawed new creation.
Ridley Scott's seminal sci-fi noir gets the Sacred Cow treatment.
Josh and guest host Tricia Bobeda from WBEZ's Nerdette Podcast review Spielberg's THE BFG and share their Top 5 Children's Book Adaptations.
Josh and guest host Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) are visited by the 'Ghost of Fights over Guillermo del Toro Movies Past' for their divisive review of CRIMSON PEAK. Plus, their takes on Steven Spielberg's BRIDGE OF SPIES and the Top 5 Cold War Movies.
Michael Phillips drops by to select the Top 5 Spielberg Scenes and review the director's latest, "Lincoln." Plus, cook up those mashed potatoes for a Sacred Cow discussion of 1977’s "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) plays the role of Belloq for this 'Sacred Cow' discussion of Steven Spielberg's action-adventure classic "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Guest hosts Matt Singer and Alison Willmore debate whether it's more appropriate to yell "barracuda" or "shark" as they reveal their Top 5 Steven Spielberg Scenes, and discuss Spielberg's holiday double feature, "War Horse" and "The Adventures of Tintin."
