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The Shallows (out Aug 18) is a shark thriller shot here in Australia. Blake Lively stars as a young woman who is attacked while surfing at an isolated beach in Mexico and becomes stranded on a tiny rock. There are "splashes" of excitement but a few plot developments feel forced (such as the ending). Jaws this is not. Grade: B-.