movie

Example Sentences

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What surprises me now is how hopeful the movie feels.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

In 2002, Errol Morris interviewed Donald Trump about Citizen Kane—he was making a documentary about the movie, one he didn’t ultimately finish.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Having said that, for me the movie is at its best as a chase thriller — a sequence in which O’Connor escapes a remote farmhouse is particularly well-executed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

What era this is from: The movie premiered in May 1941, when World War II had started but the United States had yet to join.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Fifty cents would be a lot to pay for a matinee, but the Egyptian Theatre was new, a lavish movie palace, and it had an exclusive on the picture.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu