It was the US Navy's greatest tragedy: hundreds of survivors of the stricken USS Indianapolis were taken by sharks. Now, 72 years later, we're about to find out why.
This guide, compiled by Tribune News Service film critics, is published here every Saturday. It can be used with the MPAA rating system for selecting movies suitable for children.
This week's Movies to Watch could be made up of just the films featured in Andy Muschietti's It . There are posters of Beetlejuice and Gremlins , a marquee anachronistically advertising Batman and Lethal Weapon 2 .
Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2vVMHtq When we say " It " we're specifically talking about the Stephen King classic that has been adapted into a new feature film . The movie sees Bill Skarsgard stepping into the shoes of Pennywise, the terrifying clown that has haunted our nightmares since Tim Curry first portrayed him in the 1990 It mini-series.
Few authors have seen their work adapted for the screen as often as master of horror Stephen King . After 40-plus years of cranking out books, we've tallied 42 feature films drawn from his tales of terror, suspense, mystery, and drama .
In the summer of 1982, one movie imagined with eerie accuracy the film medium's most persistent and successful competitor - television - as a supernatural force fighting for control of American hearts and minds. This was 35 years ago, long before cable explosion and streaming and "Game of Thrones."
"Spector Spectacular: Psycho Beach Party" will be at Ansonia's Spector Furniture, Thursday, Sept. 14, and Friday, Sept.
"Everything is Great!" Episode 201 - Pictured: Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi, Ted Danson as Michael - Catch up on The Good Place: The NBC comedy created by Michael Schur returns for a second season on Sept. 28. If you didn't catch it last year, do so now.
If you took your assumptions about US demographic data from horror films, you'd think that Jews were a substantially smaller portion of the American population than serial killers, vampires, ghosts, demons and poltergeists. Horror films are fond of Catholic priests and Christian imagery, and they not infrequently include Jewish actors .