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movie Definition

☆ movie (mo̵̅o̅′vē)

noun

  1. film ()
  2. a showing of a film, as in a theater I'm going to a movie tonight

Etymology: contr. < moving picture

movie Idioms

the movies

  1. the film industry
  2. a showing of a film
movie Synonyms

movie

modif.

screen, cinematic, filmic, motion, sound, picture, photographic.

movie Synonyms

movie

n.

motion picture, moving picture, photoplay, cinema, film, show, screenplay, video, talking picture, silent picture, photodrama, cinematograph, cartoon, animated cartoon, serial, comedy, foreign film, travelogue, short, documentary, videotape, talkie*, flick*, flicker*; see also drama, entertainment 2.

movie Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • watch: Please click here to watch a short movie about the new girls building.
  • shoot: You can shoot standard movies at a maximum resolution of 640 x 480.

Adjective modifier

  • animated: Disney Cinemagic is a new premium channel brand, offering family programming featuring classic Disney animated movies.
  • scary: Just because my digestive system is offended, this does not a scary movie make.
  • silent: I think that the concept is going to be like a silent movie.
  • upcoming: A completely redesigned A-Team Movie section featuring the latest news on the upcoming movie.
  • classic: Themed in-store support will use point of sale highlighting classic movies such as Saturday Night Fever.
  • low-budget: Two low-budget movies, Captain America and The Punisher were made but he had more trouble getting Spider-Man to the big screen.

Modifies a noun

  • trailer: Dawn of the Dead movie trailer review pics pictures poster news DVD at The Z Review.. .
  • clip: Sounds from voice recordings, movie clips, and games are quite loud, and crisp.
  • theater: The movie theater was closed due to lack of business.
  • star: Silent movie star - the ' Hungarian Rhapsody ' .
  • poster: Tuesday 30th December 2003: The Passion of the Christ A New movie poster for The Passion of the Christ has been released today.
  • mogul: Celia expects him to charm two movie moguls into giving him lucrative jobs designing film decor.

Noun used with modifier

  • horror: In the early 1970's Last House changed the nature of the horror movie.
  • slasher: Genuine slasher movies take their cue from Psycho, in that the identity of the villain is a bit of a mystery.
  • sci-fi: I like listening to cheesy rock music and watching 80s films and sometimes sci-fi movies.
  • zombie: Well what did you expect from a zombie movie, brain-power?
  • cult: And to make a cult movie on no money, you need to be a genius.
  • quicktime: Most UNIX workstations, for instance, cannot view QuickTime movies.
movie Quotes

Each daya few more lies eat into the seed with whichwe are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen.

—Mailer, Norman Kingsley

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises and you are constantly getting fucked.

—Mamet, David Alan

The movie-makers are able to put more reality into a picture about theterrors of life at the ocean bottom than into a tale of two Milwaukeeans in love.

—Hecht, Ben

If you are going to spend two hundred million dollars on a movie, this is the way to do it.

—Lane, Anthony

California's power to cloud men's minds must never be Baldwin forgot.Under its spell we submitted foreight yearstothe governance of Ronald Reagan, who had trouble distinguishing history from old movie plots.

—Baker, Russell Wayne

We are always acting on what just finished happening. It happened at least1/30th of a second ago. We think we're inthe present, but wearen't.The present we know is onlya movie of the past.

—Kesey, Ken Elton

The action movie in the1980s became like what the silent movie used to be. The same movie could be seen in Los Angeles and Taiwanand Hong Kong and youdidn't need subtitles because everybody understands Bruce Willis blowing things up in a torn vest.

—Jordan, Neil