as in movies
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center
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Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Meyer has also appeared on Designated Survivor (2018), The Fix (2019), and Good Girls (2021), and acted in films including Changeland (2019), Unpregnant (2020), and The Enormity of Life (2021).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
As with all Greengrass’s films, though, this is a film about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, which is no doubt what drew him to Brad Ingelsby’s very human script.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Performances by McConaughey and Ferrera are also impressive, but not the type that Oscar typically recognizes from films like this.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Now, YouTube prankster Curry Barker has released one of the best horror films of 2025.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
The pair has collaborated on multiple films together since 2012’s Frances Ha, including Margot Robbie's 2023 hit Barbie.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The calendar also features festivals celebrating flowers (Gozo Flower Art Festival), honey (Honey & Bee Fest), films (Gozo Film Festival), ceramics (Gozo Ceramic Festival), food (Gozo Food Festival), music, and more.
—AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
Chris Columbus, director of Home Alone and the first two Harry Potter films, helms the comedic caper, which follows an amiable gang of gumshoes who spend their golden years investigating cold cases.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Premiering at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, BRATS offers an intimate look at the group's cultural impact in films such as The Breakfast Club (1985), Back to the Future (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986), as well as behind-the-scenes footage and promotional clips.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Meyer has also appeared on Designated Survivor (2018), The Fix (2019), and Good Girls (2021), and acted in films including Changeland (2019), Unpregnant (2020), and The Enormity of Life (2021).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
As with all Greengrass’s films, though, this is a film about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, which is no doubt what drew him to Brad Ingelsby’s very human script.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Performances by McConaughey and Ferrera are also impressive, but not the type that Oscar typically recognizes from films like this.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Now, YouTube prankster Curry Barker has released one of the best horror films of 2025.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
The pair has collaborated on multiple films together since 2012’s Frances Ha, including Margot Robbie's 2023 hit Barbie.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The calendar also features festivals celebrating flowers (Gozo Flower Art Festival), honey (Honey & Bee Fest), films (Gozo Film Festival), ceramics (Gozo Ceramic Festival), food (Gozo Food Festival), music, and more.
—AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
Chris Columbus, director of Home Alone and the first two Harry Potter films, helms the comedic caper, which follows an amiable gang of gumshoes who spend their golden years investigating cold cases.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for films
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The most iconic fashion movies offer not only aesthetic inspiration, but a cultural mirror.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
6 Sep. 2025
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San Sebastián has a long tradition as a focus of pro-democracy protest under Franco and, after democracy was won in general elections of 1977, of screening political and social issue movies.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Still images from a baby monitor camera showing a 2-year-old toddler boy sitting up in his crib.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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Only the last photo during the end credits pictures the fiery aftermath of Hutch’s ultimate battle with Ladeena.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Nelson photographs Volcano Bay, a water park in Orlando that’s built around a two-hundred-foot-tall model of Krakatau, and the Longleat safari park, west of London, which offers close encounters with animals usually found in Africa, South America, and Australia.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Films.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/films. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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