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Recent Examples of B movie
The movie is a spoof of both 1950s sci-fi B movies and the experience of watching them on late-night TV.
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Meg Pillow
july 31, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
Jaws Births The Blockbuster Before Jaws, the summer months were a Hollywood dead zone reserved for B movies or ignored entirely.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Initially the studio treated the film as just another B movie.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 June 2025
Tamblyn and his bandmates provided music for and appeared in several B movies and exploitation films of the era, including Get Yourself a College Girl and the notorious Riot on Sunset Strip, which features the band playing the title song in a raucous underground club.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2025
And Answers For Saturday, March 8 Cult classics often come in the form of horror flicks, thrillers and B movies.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Moore’s second big-screen film role comes in a schlock-horror B movie (C movie?) about Dr. Paul Deen (Michael Shoob), who is traversing the postapocalyptic United States while incubating a deadly parasite.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Burton devoured everything from horror films to Ray Harryhausen animations, science fiction B movies and Japanese Kaiju monster films.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Produced by Julie Corman, there’s more than meets the eye to this kids’ B movie and home video triumph from New World Pictures.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024
Meg Pillow
july 31, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
Jaws Births The Blockbuster Before Jaws, the summer months were a Hollywood dead zone reserved for B movies or ignored entirely.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Initially the studio treated the film as just another B movie.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 June 2025
Tamblyn and his bandmates provided music for and appeared in several B movies and exploitation films of the era, including Get Yourself a College Girl and the notorious Riot on Sunset Strip, which features the band playing the title song in a raucous underground club.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2025
And Answers For Saturday, March 8 Cult classics often come in the form of horror flicks, thrillers and B movies.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Moore’s second big-screen film role comes in a schlock-horror B movie (C movie?) about Dr. Paul Deen (Michael Shoob), who is traversing the postapocalyptic United States while incubating a deadly parasite.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Burton devoured everything from horror films to Ray Harryhausen animations, science fiction B movies and Japanese Kaiju monster films.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Produced by Julie Corman, there’s more than meets the eye to this kids’ B movie and home video triumph from New World Pictures.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for B movie
Noun
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Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2022
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.—
Olivia Muenter,
Woman's Day,
14 June 2022
Noun
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Nevertheless, old movies did creep onto TV through the 1950s, beginning with B pictures on local stations and gradually progressing to A pictures in network prime time.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Aug. 2023
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Right now, everything was riding on Dumbo, the studio’s B picture.—
Jake S. Friedman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 July 2022
Noun
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Ugas, who holds the W.B.A. title that the organization stripped from Pacquiao last year because of his inactivity, was scheduled to face Cristian Maidana in the cofeature bout but was promoted to the main event when Spence withdrew.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2021
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In the other cofeature, Hart, 28, will fight Demond Nicholson of Laurel, Md., at 168 pounds.—
Don Steinberg,
Philly.com,
26 Apr. 2018
Noun
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Before the series ended, Radziwill plugged her upcoming appearance on CNN's upcoming three-part documentary American Prince about her cousin, John F. Kennedy, Jr.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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In two weeks Netflix will drop its documentary on the life of Jerry Jones, during which our resident Pro Football Hall of Famer will stare into the camera and proudly admit that his toy is nothing more than a soap opera.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In 2024, Samsung launched its first phone with AI features.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Mark Ruffalo is returning to reprise the role of Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, in the feature, which comes 14 years after the actor joined the MCU in The Avengers.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Aug. 2025
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“B movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/B%20movie. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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