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as in film
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
there was much excitement when it was announced that the popular children's book would be turned into a movie
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as in filmmaking
movies plural
the art or business of making a movie
many a small-town girl has gone to Hollywood, dreaming of making it big in the movies
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Recent Examples of movie
Bingeing a series on the big screen is highly unusual, particularly as streaming businesses and movie theaters have become increasingly at odds over attracting audiences.
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Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
All eyes are on how Coogler’s Sinners performs, since the $90 million movie was made entirely by Warner Bros. movie chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy from start to finish.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2025
The Basement Speakeasy Most people's basements are used for storage, extra bedrooms, or maybe a cozy spot to watch a movie—not Kravitz's.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2025
In the ’90s, a movie like this one might have had a chance to catch on.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
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Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
All eyes are on how Coogler’s Sinners performs, since the $90 million movie was made entirely by Warner Bros. movie chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy from start to finish.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2025
The Basement Speakeasy Most people's basements are used for storage, extra bedrooms, or maybe a cozy spot to watch a movie—not Kravitz's.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2025
In the ’90s, a movie like this one might have had a chance to catch on.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for movie
Noun
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This is one of those stories that could easily be a feature length film.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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The actor continued to film projects in Austin, starring in the 2005 Robert Rodriguez film Sin City as the villainous character Stuka.—
Kat Stinson,
EW.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Academy also issued its first formal guidance on AI in filmmaking.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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Screenwriters, who were treated by the front office as the disposable help, got a measure of revenge by portraying their employers as idiots or vulgarians whose sole role in filmmaking was to write the checks and gum up the works.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2025
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Three decades later, the documentary Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror looks back on that day, featuring interviews with law enforcement involved in the case and victims of the attack.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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Whether a film is a documentary or a fictional drama, all modern cinema is in a sense docu-fictional, because most viewers know that a documentary is carefully crafted to yield a narrative and that the making of a fictional film is often as good a story as the one in the script.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/movie. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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