The concept of the summer blockbuster may have started in the '70s, but these movies found more of an identity during the ...

While the modern blockbuster began in the 1970s with films like Star Wars and Jaws, the 1980s cemented their status as the major format for mainstream moviegoing (and moviemaking) in Hollywood.

The 1980s were a hell of a time for motion pictures. Moving away from the revolutionary New Hollywood era of filmmaking and into a time characterized by spectacular blockbusters and high-concept ...

Conventional wisdom states that Steven Spielberg’s 1975 hit “Jaws” was the first summer blockbuster. Usually, it was common practice for movies to be released slowly, and the concept of “tentpole” ...