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the art or business of making a movie
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Recent Examples of big screen
The best way to watch any sort of network programming for free on a big screen is with a good HD antenna.
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Baker highlighted big screen debutant Shih-Yuan Ma, for her performance as the rebellious, troubled older daughter I-Ann.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Get Smart got a big screen remake, starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, in 2008, with Bill Murray in the role of the beloved Agent 13.
—EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The event comes 13 years after the actors last got together in 2012’s American Pie Reunion — the film franchise’s fourth big screen installment — to catch up 13 years after their high school graduation.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Baker highlighted big screen debutant Shih-Yuan Ma, for her performance as the rebellious, troubled older daughter I-Ann.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Get Smart got a big screen remake, starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, in 2008, with Bill Murray in the role of the beloved Agent 13.
—EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The event comes 13 years after the actors last got together in 2012’s American Pie Reunion — the film franchise’s fourth big screen installment — to catch up 13 years after their high school graduation.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big screen
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Directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, an ex-soldier whose experience was the basis for the film, put viewers through uncannily real and unflinchingly brutal moments.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025
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Zuckerberg also announced Horizon TV, pitching it as a way to watch television shows, sporting events and movies using the company's Quest VR headsets.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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With its mix of full-length features, short films and documentaries from at home and abroad, the schedule speaks to the breadth and depth of Black filmmaking internationally.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Despite a 2010 ban on filmmaking, media appearances and travel, Panahi continued working in secret.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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Molina, who is fascinated by silver screen legend Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez), distracts himself and Valentín with a recounting of his favorite film of hers — The Kiss of the Spider Woman.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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As an Argentinian prisoner with a high-wattage flare for storytelling, Tonatiuh acts out the life and work of his favorite silver screen diva La Luna (Jennifer Lopez) to bond with his radical cellmate (Diego Luna).—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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Lord entered the truck in competitions in Louisiana and Texas and loved to park it in front of the Henderson building to take pictures of it, Michelle said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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Some of my friends were pressured to send inappropriate pictures, contacted by strangers, and exposed to content way beyond our age.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20screen. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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