as in animated cartoon
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Recent Examples of B movie
This scenario is bad news for anyone who requires their B movies to do more than resemble role-playing video games, and great news for viewers content to simply bask in the glory of Zazie Beetz stabbing, shooting, kicking, cold-cocking, running, jumping, and serving up righteous vengeance in bulk.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
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
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for B movie
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In the other cofeature, Hart, 28, will fight Demond Nicholson of Laurel, Md., at 168 pounds.—
Don Steinberg,
Philly.com,
26 Apr. 2018
Noun
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Who was the target audience for this documentary?—
Regina Kim,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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Co-directed by Charlie Tyrell and Daniel Roher, the documentary is told through Roher’s eyes as a father-to-be on a quest to understand both the risks and the potential of the world his child is about to inherit.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Special features include a four-person Irish snug attached to the bar, complete with a pass-through for drink service and exterior doors from a 1800s-era church that can close off the space for privacy.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Food delivery worker Idiou Barry on Tuesday demonstrated the battery-charging feature.—
Dave Carlin,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“B movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/B%20movie. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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