B movie

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Recent Examples of B movie Estelle was a fan of more sophisticated shows like The Twilight Zone, not this B movie selection. Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 Jaws Births The Blockbuster Before Jaws, the summer months were a Hollywood dead zone reserved for B movies or ignored entirely. Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 Initially the studio treated the film as just another B movie. Brent Lang, Variety, 20 June 2025 Tamblyn and his bandmates provided music for and appeared in several B movies and exploitation films of the era, including Get Yourself a College Girl and the notorious Riot on Sunset Strip, which features the band playing the title song in a raucous underground club. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2025 And Answers For Saturday, March 8 Cult classics often come in the form of horror flicks, thrillers and B movies. Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 Moore’s second big-screen film role comes in a schlock-horror B movie (C movie?) about Dr. Paul Deen (Michael Shoob), who is traversing the postapocalyptic United States while incubating a deadly parasite. Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025 Burton devoured everything from horror films to Ray Harryhausen animations, science fiction B movies and Japanese Kaiju monster films. Tacita Quinn, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for B movie
Noun
  • Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2022
  • To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 14 June 2022
Noun
  • Once upon a time, movie houses were full of all sorts of pictures — big pictures, little pictures, A pictures, B pictures, smart pictures, silly pictures.
    Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Nevertheless, old movies did creep onto TV through the 1950s, beginning with B pictures on local stations and gradually progressing to A pictures in network prime time.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • Ugas, who holds the W.B.A. title that the organization stripped from Pacquiao last year because of his inactivity, was scheduled to face Cristian Maidana in the cofeature bout but was promoted to the main event when Spence withdrew.
    New York Times, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • In the other cofeature, Hart, 28, will fight Demond Nicholson of Laurel, Md., at 168 pounds.
    Don Steinberg, Philly.com, 26 Apr. 2018
Noun
  • Apatow is now making a documentary about Brooks, while also developing films about Norm Macdonald and Maria Bamford.
    Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Although Jon Cryer recently appeared in Charlie Sheen‘s documentary, the former onscreen brothers appear to have lost touch off-screen.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These entries, laying out a monthslong plot in excruciating detail, revealed multiple visits to Tops Friendly Markets to survey the store’s layout and analyze a Google graph feature for the location’s busiest times.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Our favorite feature is the lace trim below the knee on the skirt that makes this dress stand out among similar styles.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025

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“B movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/B%20movie. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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