Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A recorded sequence of film or video images displayed on a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.
- noun Any work, as of art or entertainment, having this form, usually including a soundtrack.
- noun The presentation of such a work.
- noun A long narrative work of this form.
- noun Screenings of movies at a public theater:
- noun The movie industry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A motion picture.
- noun A motion picture show; the event of showing a motion picture. In the pl., the event of showing a motion picture at a movie theater.
- noun The motion picture industry or medium, generally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
motion picture . - noun usually pluralized A
cinema .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We had a fantastic morning of special projects and a movie... with one small glitch between the project and the movie* everyone has been in a great mood, having fun and well behaved if kids are happy they behave -- did you all know that?
Hip Hip Hooray and Sniff Sniff splatypus 2008
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We had a fantastic morning of special projects and a movie... with one small glitch between the project and the movie* everyone has been in a great mood, having fun and well behaved if kids are happy they behave -- did you all know that?
Archive 2008-06-01 splatypus 2008
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You can still sell movie adaptations to a limited extent, by getting it out before the movie* or releasing it in that brief** months-long window between the movie's theatrical run and its DVD release.
Archive 2005-02-06 2005
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You can still sell movie adaptations to a limited extent, by getting it out before the movie* or releasing it in that brief** months-long window between the movie's theatrical run and its DVD release.
Archive 2005-02-06 2005
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Haha love this movie Chadda zulfein jhatakna bhool jaoge 1 #movie where I like sunny deol
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Subhash K Jha 2010
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I typed in vlc and there it was, so I selected my movie like this: vlc movies / legally \obtained \movie / movie. avi and that works just fine; VLC pops up and starts playing movie. avi, and I also found out that you could start VLC without an interface if you type in cvlc so that's cool.
LinuxQuestions.org 2009
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I either would like a TOTALLY UNKNOWN, or Tom Felton - he seems pretty cool, and would fit the part. hehe Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 03: 29 PM EST wow. please dont put those gay cookie cutter disney stars. dakota is a good actress. the twilight movie is jampacked full of great actors and actresses. putting LUCAS GRAEBEL IN? what the heck that ruins the whole movie~ put in someone that nows how to act - and not like a gay guy with a spoiled sister
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I either would like a TOTALLY UNKNOWN, or Tom Felton - he seems pretty cool, and would fit the part. hehe Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 03: 29 PM EST wow. please dont put those gay cookie cutter disney stars. dakota is a good actress. the twilight movie is jampacked full of great actors and actresses. putting LUCAS GRAEBEL IN? what the heck that ruins the whole movie~ put in someone that nows how to act - and not like a gay guy with a spoiled sister
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I either would like a TOTALLY UNKNOWN, or Tom Felton - he seems pretty cool, and would fit the part. hehe Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 03: 29 PM EST wow. please dont put those gay cookie cutter disney stars. dakota is a good actress. the twilight movie is jampacked full of great actors and actresses. putting LUCAS GRAEBEL IN? what the heck that ruins the whole movie~ put in someone that nows how to act - and not like a gay guy with a spoiled sister
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'you've got beer dripping from your chin ..' movie New in Town now watching #movie
Dutch Cowboys 2010
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A recent comment (probably meant as an insult!) about how I watch a lot of dad movies inspired me to fully embrace my taste and create the ultimate dad movie canon.
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Which got me thinking: What is extremely dad taste in movies? There is dad music and dad jokes and dad bods. What defines a dad movie? Could I create a canon of dad movies?
The Dad Movie Canon: 25 Films Every Dad Loves Matt Singer 2024
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The Oriental Theatre is an excellent example of a “movie palace” from 1927. A movie palace was larger and grander than a typical movie theater of the period, featuring expansive lobbies, balconies, a stage with orchestra pit, and restrooms with lounges. Most notably, movie palaces had ornate and lavishly detailed interiors designed to make patrons feel as though they were in a unique setting such as an exotic and distant land.
Oriental Theatre Listed in the National Register of Historic Places | Wisconsin Historical Society 2023
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Movie palaces were the final step in the studios' near-total control of the American movie industry. Studios largely owned the opulent theaters where their films were shown.
Movie Palaces Let Everyday Americans Be Royalty Smithsonian Magazine 2017
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But the first example of truly ambitious cinema design was Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The boxing promoter Sid Grauman spent $800,000 on constructing a movie palace emblazoned with faux-Egyptian hieroglyphics, friezes, and columns.
Are Long-Forgotten Movie Palaces Entering a New Golden Age? 2024
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