Y’all know me. Know how much I love Jaws. About a week ago, the host of the How Is This Movie? podcast, Dana Buckler, reached out to me on Twitter via my personal account, @mister_quint. He complimented my username and said that Jaws is also his favorite movie.
My first thought was, “Oh yeah? How many Jaws tattoos do YOU have?”
But then he invited me to join him on his show to do a Jaws retrospective next month and I humbled up real quick.
After chatting with Dana, I found out that he not only possesses a wealth of movie knowledge that rivals my own and likely surpasses it, but he’s just an affable guy.
Turns out he’d read some of my reviews and — outside of putting me in touch with a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association — he asked if I’d like to have a weekly segment on the show!
Gee, I don’t know… should Spielberg have killed off Hooper in the movie? Yes! Absolutely!
This Fall I will be joining the How Is This Movie? show doing a weekly film review of a new release! That differs from the show’s typical fare in that it’s about something new to theaters as of the weekend before. Pretty neat!
Our Jaws episode will be my official introduction to the How Is This Movie? audience and will cover everything from the novel by Peter Benchley — the existence of Jaws before the movie was even a twinkle is Spielberg’s eye — to the brilliantly bad, sometimes almost actually good sequels.
Just two superfans talking about Jaws. It should be noted that I initially types “Jawas” there. That would be a very different episode.
Ms. Silver Screen 