Directed by: Steven Spielbrg
Written by: Peter Benchley, and Carl Gottlieb
Based on the book by: Peter Benchley
Produced by: David Brown, and Richard D. Zanuck
Starring: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Jeffrey Kramer, Carl Gottlieb, Chris Rebello

The film starts with the point of view of a fish swimming through the water. The next shot we see a group of teenagers, who are having the time of their life. Then a girl named Chrissie is drowned in the water. The chief of police hears about this and decides it's a shark attack. He wants to close the beaches, but the mayor won't let him. A boy is later attacked, and the decide to call a marine biologist to sort it out. He says the shark out there, so that means they have to close the beaches. Meanwhile, they ask an anonymous shark hunter to go and kill the beast. The triumphant climax has the chief of police, the marine biologist, and the shark hunter on one small boat against the great white shark. Spielberg gives a solid direction, with the help of John Williams's suspenseful score. With brilliant performances by the three leads and a very noticeable fake shark, you will not find yourself in the water for a long time.

Oscars: Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Film Editing
Other Oscar nomination: Best Picture

Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
Written by: Carl Gottlieb, and Howard Sackler
Produced by: David Brown, and Richard D. Zanuck
Starring: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Jeffrey Kramer, Mark Gruner, Joseph Mascolo, Ann Dusenberry, Collin Wilcox Paxton

Just when Amity thought that it was safe to swim again, another shark comes. After an attack on some scuba divers taking photographs, and two women out at sea, Chief Brody is sure that another shark has arrived. He once again tells the mayor to close the beaches, and he again keeps them open and takes Brody's badge in the process. Worried about the safety of his children, Brody bans them from going sailing. They don't listen, and they go out instead. Brody then goes and searches for them. Although this film isn't as well-written as the first film, it's still quite enjoyable. It's not as scary as well, but Murray Hamilton has a wonderful job as his last performance as the mayor. This is for die-hard Jaws fans (like myself), but good for everyone else as well.

Directed by: Joseph Barbera, and William Hanna
Written by: Eric Luke, and Dennis Marks
Produced by: Joseph Barbera, and William Hanna
Voices of: George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Tiffany, Patrick Zimmerman, Mel Blanc, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl, Ronnie Schell

In this extremely poor cash-in of the hit animated series, they attempt no effort whatsoever in turning the lovable Hanna-Barbera cartoon into a feature length film. After many workers at Mr. Spacely's space sprockets plant are strangely disappearing, he hires George to get the job done. Soon, the entire Jetson clan move to the asteroid where the plant is. Everyone is upset at the prospect of moving, but then start to like it. There's the writer's miserable attempt to bring the Jetsons to the bring screen. The DVDs for the series are out now, and I'd recommend you buy those instead of wasting your time with this rubbish.

Young Artist Award nomination: Most Entertaining Family Youth Motion Picture-Animation

Directed by: Alex Lovy
Written by: Ben Hardaway, and Chuck Couch
Produced by: Walter Lantz

Walter Lantz was most famous for his Woody Woodpecker cartoons, but this rarely seen cartoon is a real gem which is very underrated and should have been watched by more people, especially people interested in animation. Taking place in a night club, this short film follows the quest of one mouse trying to get a good night's sleep. His anger starts when he is waken up the club's noisy juke box. The mouse goes to turn it off, until he finds himself dancing and is completely distracted by the wild music. He then knocks off his head, and soon a group of his ghosts comes out of his body and starts dancing the conga. They soon lead to bed and our hero is able to get his beauty sleep. This is such a funny cartoon that was also nominated for an Oscar. Since Walter Lantz never won an Academy Award because of so much tough competition in the category, he should have at least won here.

Oscar nomination: Best Animated Short Film