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cinema

[sin-uh-muh] / ˈsɪn ə mə /


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Alejandro González Iñárritu cast the Hollywood star as a bombastic Texas oil baron in ‘Digger,’ bringing the actor back to art-house cinema after almost two decades focused largely on action blockbusters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Helen said the family were able to do normal activities like going to the park or the cinema for some time - but then Clive became more difficult to care for.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Paramount also enlisted major Hollywood unions, the Directors Guild of America and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, and prominent cinema chains to drop their opposition to the deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

One of his favorite tactics was searching cinema message boards for terms like “would make a great movie” or “somebody should remake that.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Twenty people're left between the cinema man and us.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

His photographs capture not only the movie houses but their ornate facades and decay -- a record of a cultural landscape disappearing as cinemas are demolished, converted into multiplexes or left to crumble.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Nine years later, the film - The Lost Children of Tuam - is now in cinemas.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Many theatres, like cinemas, ask audiences to switch off their mobile phones during performances.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is showing in UK cinemas this week and next.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Films that cinemas were trashing. If a theater shut down, we raided the basements. And occasionally, if we liked a film enough when we saw it, we’d have a...er...word with the projectionist about it.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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