Tag: Deep Blue Sea

  • ‘Deep Blue Sea’: Samuel L. Jackson’s Death Scene Is a Perfect Jump Scare

    ‘Deep Blue Sea’: Samuel L. Jackson’s Death Scene Is a Perfect Jump Scare

    The jump scare is a tried and true tool used by filmmakers to scare or surprise their audience. James Wan is a recent example of a director that has utilized this tactic numerous times, hitting the target more often than not. However, a killer shark movie from 1999 called Deep Blue Sea has one of…

  • How ‘Deep Blue Sea’ Put the Bite Back in Shark Movies

    How ‘Deep Blue Sea’ Put the Bite Back in Shark Movies

    With Meg 2: The Trench thrashing into theaters, it’s a perfect time to look back at the history of shark movies. And while Jaws is deserving of all the praise it gets, there is another shark flick that is worthy of some commendation. It’s been almost 50 years since Jaws hit the big screen and…

  • Saffron Burrows: ‘I was raised to feel like I could love who I wanted’

    Saffron Burrows: ‘I was raised to feel like I could love who I wanted’

    The actor and activist, who stars in Netflix hit You, on her teenage years as an anti-racist campaigner, modelling in Paris, #MeToo and the ‘sexist’ films she turned downWhen Saffron Burrows became an actor, there were scripts she had to throw straight out. Her prospective characters “were always running for their life in high heels”,…

  • The 7 Best Movies New to Netflix in April 2018

    The 7 Best Movies New to Netflix in April 2018

    Spring is here, love is in the air, and everyone is finally ready to go back outside, but Netflix’s April offerings are giving us at least seven more compelling reasons to stay on the couch for at least another few weeks. This month brings an eclectic mix of new movies to the streaming platform, from…