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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
That didn’t happen, but now this bold and precisely directed new movie is set for release from Mubi this week, and into the awards circuit.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
Netflix does send some of its movies to theaters, but has focused on driving audiences to its streaming platform.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
One movie can make a big difference in terms of the overall perception.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Fear Fest runs all of October with 27 scary movies on the schedule.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
Netflix does send some of its movies to theaters, but has focused on driving audiences to its streaming platform.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
One movie can make a big difference in terms of the overall perception.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Fear Fest runs all of October with 27 scary movies on the schedule.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for movie
Noun
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If only the music were able to keep pace with the dynamism of the film’s visual design.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sinners and Wicked were also included in the best score soundtrack for visual media category, which includes film and television, where the music from those films will compete against How To Train Your Dragon, Severance and The Wild Robot.—
Katherine Schaffstall,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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The main culprit is Towne’s way-too-precious filmmaking, but Farrell’s performance also offers little in the way of surprise or inspiration.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Great political filmmakers, by confronting not only the complacencies of popular political filmmaking but the doctrinal comfort zone of the art-house audience, revitalize their own art.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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Breakthrough producer nominations go to Wyn Baptiste for activism documentary Shoot the People, Charlotte Knowles for cross-border doc Palestine Comedy Club, Joann Kushner for screenlife heist movie LifeHack and Dhiraj Mahey for social-realist coming-of-age drama Ish.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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Fujimoto shoots in an almost documentary-like, fly-on-the-wall style from the very beginning, but this isn’t to say that the film is cold or analytical in its depiction of this story.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/movie. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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