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movies

noun

plural of movie

as in film

the art or business of making a movie many a small-town girl has gone to Hollywood, dreaming of making it big in the movies

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Recent Examples of movies Ritchie and James have both likened the story to that of Michael Corleone in The Godfather movies. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026 Grab your fedora and watch out for snakes as EW ranks all five Indiana Jones movies. — Frank Deruggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 But now, most major studios have committed to showing their movies exclusively in theaters for a 45-day window. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The club left its imprint on the movies, pop music, and fashion of the era. — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026 The other side counters that politics cannot be so easily extricated from movies or, indeed, from life. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026 These movies will abide by a 45-day exclusive theatrical window or greater on Premium Video-On-Demand, and a 90-day-to-streaming window. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 The law is aimed at prohibiting children from obtaining books and movies with obscene content. — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026

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The film spawned the sequels Ocean’s 12 in 2004 and 2007’s Ocean’s 13, in which both of them reprised their roles.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Joie de Vivre is produced by MeMo Films, the production company co-founded in 2010 by entrepreneur and fashion designer Gabriele Moratti and distributor and film producer Francesco Melzi d’Eril.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of film

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Universal acclaim or not, the film launched his groundbreaking directing career and helped usher in a new era of Black independent filmmaking.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
While visual effects can enhance martial arts on screen, Wu argues that authentic filmmaking still depends on performance.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 25 July 2026

Definition of filmmaking

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Strong wind gusts Saturday night took down a gazebo at the popular Daer Nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood, sending five people to the hospital, officials said.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026
The breakout success of these films has ignited debate across Hollywood about what made these movies so popular, especially among Gen Z moviegoers who haven’t been flocking to cinemas in recent years.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

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