cinematic
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No matter how gleeful Siskel and Ebert used to look sparring over movies, their industry was built on intellectual debate in pursuit of cinematic resonance, not schadenfreude.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
"The game's opening cinematic utilises some real world news coverage to establish the game's fictional narrative."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Lead director Tim Van Patten avoids cinematic overkill, framing the action in a natural, not a cinematic space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Rather than merely gathering a grab bag of cinematic artifacts and spilling them forth, they have subdivided their hoard of nearly 400 items within six genre-themed galleries: Gothic, Psychological, Science, Slasher, Religion and Ghosts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The overall musical effect is cinematic: shock and awe for a fin de siecle generation seeking thrills and spills galore.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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