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the art or business of making a movie
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Recent Examples of big screen
At one point, Swift was shown on the Caesars Superdome big screen at the game.
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Chantz Martin, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
Denis Villeneuve’s peerless vision for the epic big screen provides an unparalleled immersive experience where audiences are first-hand witness to both pulse-pounding action and spell-binding artistry.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Super Bowl Party Tip du Jour: Don’t be a slave to the latest in technology and leave the 96-inch big screen dark.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
Captain America: Brave New World marks a new beginning for the titular hero, as Anthony Mackie officially takes over the role for his first big screen mission carrying the shield.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Chantz Martin, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
Denis Villeneuve’s peerless vision for the epic big screen provides an unparalleled immersive experience where audiences are first-hand witness to both pulse-pounding action and spell-binding artistry.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Super Bowl Party Tip du Jour: Don’t be a slave to the latest in technology and leave the 96-inch big screen dark.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
Captain America: Brave New World marks a new beginning for the titular hero, as Anthony Mackie officially takes over the role for his first big screen mission carrying the shield.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big screen
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Director James Mangold’s film about the legendary singer, musician and songwriter was released in theaters on Dec. 25, 2024.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Eight people died on Mount Everest in May 1996, but the film only highlights five of the deceased: guides Andrew Harris (Martin Henderson), Hall and Fischer, as well as clients Doug Hansen (John Hawkes) and Yasuko Namba (Naoko Mori).—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Bills quarterback Josh Allen signed a deal with the company earlier this month, per the Hollywood Reporter. Chiefs fans and others had all kinds of funny jokes about the Bills movie coming out after the Kansas City version.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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Each episode in Season 3 has felt like a movie, with many stretching out to 70+ minutes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As Hollywood finds its footing in a post-strike world, indies like The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick are shattering the industry’s arbitrary rules of filmmaking.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2025
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The Fort Worth campus will house an extension of A&M’s Visual Production Institute, a high tech center that will teach students to use cutting edge filmmaking and graphics technology.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2025
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More than a decade after Gone With the Wind’s silver screen debut, O’Connor published a story satirizing the gala’s pageantry.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
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In her recent book, An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour, actor Nancy Olsen Livingston opined on the personal tribulations that the former silver screen heroine may have endured in her longest starring role as that of Rainier III’s spouse.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20screen. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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