blockbuster
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What we’re left with is a wannabe blockbuster shadowboxing with itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
During her tenure, Netflix released blockbuster series including “Squid Game” and “Wednesday.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The British actor has already starred opposite Zendaya in The Drama, and played a key role in summer blockbuster The Odyssey.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
But in short order, Cohn’s New York Magazine article was adapted into “Saturday Night Fever,” a blockbuster film and one of the bestselling albums of all time.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was almost like watching the plan beamed straight from his brain onto the screen of a blockbuster movie.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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Jing, 38, has headlined blockbusters in both China and Hollywood, starring opposite Matt Damon in “The Great Wall” and appearing in “Kong: Skull Island” and “Pacific Rim Uprising.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Apted went on to become a big name in Hollywood, directing blockbusters including James Bond's The World Is Not Enough, but he always returned to the show and said it was his most significant achievement.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
In a season full of intense dramas, massive blockbusters and thought-provoking indie films, these are the movies that will be on everyone’s lips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The conventional bombs of World War II were called blockbusters.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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