Movie
noun
A film that tells a story, usually shown in a cinema or on television.
We went to the cinema to see the latest Marvel movie.
Often appears as...
- go see a movie
- movie theater
noun
The art of making films, or the industry of producing films.
She wants to pursue a career in the movies.
Often appears as...
- making movies
- movies industry
noun
A sequence of video images that gives the illusion of moving images.
He made a movie of his family's vacation with his camera.
Often appears as...
- home movie
- video movie
noun
A film that tells a story, usually shown in a cinema or on television.
We went to the cinema to see the latest Marvel movie.
Often appears as...
- go see a movie
- movie theater
noun
The art of making films, or the industry of producing films.
She wants to pursue a career in the movies.
Often appears as...
- making movies
- movies industry
noun
A sequence of video images that gives the illusion of moving images.
He made a movie of his family's vacation with his camera.
Often appears as...
- home movie
- video movie
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cinematic Experience
The term 'movie' often implies a full experience with sound, pictures, and sometimes, theatre ambiance.
Let's have a movie night at the new cinema downtown.
Pro Tip 2/3Genre Specific
Movies can be categorized into genres like action, romance, or horror, each giving a hint about the story.
I'm in the mood for a comedy movie tonight.
Pro Tip 3/3Length Matters
Movies are typically longer than TV shows, with a standard movie lasting around 90 minutes or more.
That movie was so long, we didn't get out until after midnight!
Pro Tip 1/3Cinematic Experience
The term 'movie' often implies a full experience with sound, pictures, and sometimes, theatre ambiance.
Let's have a movie night at the new cinema downtown.
Pro Tip 2/3Genre Specific
Movies can be categorized into genres like action, romance, or horror, each giving a hint about the story.
I'm in the mood for a comedy movie tonight.
Pro Tip 3/3Length Matters
Movies are typically longer than TV shows, with a standard movie lasting around 90 minutes or more.
That movie was so long, we didn't get out until after midnight!
Pro Tip 1/3Cinematic Experience
The term 'movie' often implies a full experience with sound, pictures, and sometimes, theatre ambiance.
Let's have a movie night at the new cinema downtown.
Pro Tip 2/3Genre Specific
Movies can be categorized into genres like action, romance, or horror, each giving a hint about the story.
I'm in the mood for a comedy movie tonight.
Pro Tip 3/3Length Matters
Movies are typically longer than TV shows, with a standard movie lasting around 90 minutes or more.
That movie was so long, we didn't get out until after midnight!
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The paradox of value -...
This is the law of diminishing marginal utility. You might gladly buy two or three helpings of your favorite food, but the fourth would make you nauseated, and the hundredth would spoil before you could even get to it. Or you could pay to see the same movie over and over until you got bored of it or spent all of your money.
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Why the shape of your...
Movie screens are considerably larger than our home television. More important, the screen is completely different rectangle and can't mathematically fit on our TV screens without manipulation. A typical TV is one and a third times wider than it is tall Some movie screens could be up to three times as wide as it is tall.
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Mean Tweets with Neil...
don't say a thing it's after the movie I talk second I know I'm not the worst person to see a movie with and I think he will agree with me on this the worst person to see a movie with is the person who read the book first oh my god oh that didn't happen in the book that character wasn't a death beam vvv well
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The right brain vs. left...
hippocampus about the different regions of the brain and helping children have some emotional accountability and with emotional accountability comes a level of higher cognitive accountability so I'm doing that and then there's a movie on a horizon and if and when that ever
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How computer memory...
helping us remember our past, learn and retain skills, and plan for the future. And for the computers that often act as extensions of ourselves, memory plays much the same role, whether it's a two-hour movie, a two-word text file, or the instructions for opening either,
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Inside the Dead Shed PIPE...
where all of the confiscations from the trade end up. God. I mean, that's one of those things that you see in movies, but you don't actually think that people do it. Is this a primate? This is, without a doubt, the strangest room I've ever been in in my life.
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The benefits of a...
chances are you belong to the world's bilingual and multilingual majority. And besides having an easier time traveling or watching movies without subtitles, knowing two or more languages means that your brain
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Tavi Gevinson: A teen...
So all of that being said, I still really appreciate those characters in movies and articles like that on our site, that aren't just about being totally powerful, maybe finding your acceptance with yourself
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What makes a hero? -...
but the quest passes through an unfamiliar, special world. Along the way, there are some key events. Think about your favorite book or movie. Does it follow this pattern? Status quo, that's where we start.
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If superpowers were...
Immortality. In movies, kings are always searching for the secret to immortality. But is immortality really a good thing? To a ten-year-old boy, one year is the same as 10% of his life.
Video examples
The paradox of value -...
This is the law of diminishing marginal utility. You might gladly buy two or three helpings of your favorite food, but the fourth would make you nauseated, and the hundredth would spoil before you could even get to it. Or you could pay to see the same movie over and over until you got bored of it or spent all of your money.
Video examples
Why the shape of your...
Movie screens are considerably larger than our home television. More important, the screen is completely different rectangle and can't mathematically fit on our TV screens without manipulation. A typical TV is one and a third times wider than it is tall Some movie screens could be up to three times as wide as it is tall.
Video examples
Mean Tweets with Neil...
don't say a thing it's after the movie I talk second I know I'm not the worst person to see a movie with and I think he will agree with me on this the worst person to see a movie with is the person who read the book first oh my god oh that didn't happen in the book that character wasn't a death beam vvv well
Video examples
The right brain vs. left...
hippocampus about the different regions of the brain and helping children have some emotional accountability and with emotional accountability comes a level of higher cognitive accountability so I'm doing that and then there's a movie on a horizon and if and when that ever
Video examples
How computer memory...
helping us remember our past, learn and retain skills, and plan for the future. And for the computers that often act as extensions of ourselves, memory plays much the same role, whether it's a two-hour movie, a two-word text file, or the instructions for opening either,
Video examples
Inside the Dead Shed PIPE...
where all of the confiscations from the trade end up. God. I mean, that's one of those things that you see in movies, but you don't actually think that people do it. Is this a primate? This is, without a doubt, the strangest room I've ever been in in my life.
Video examples
The benefits of a...
chances are you belong to the world's bilingual and multilingual majority. And besides having an easier time traveling or watching movies without subtitles, knowing two or more languages means that your brain
Video examples
Tavi Gevinson: A teen...
So all of that being said, I still really appreciate those characters in movies and articles like that on our site, that aren't just about being totally powerful, maybe finding your acceptance with yourself
Video examples
What makes a hero? -...
but the quest passes through an unfamiliar, special world. Along the way, there are some key events. Think about your favorite book or movie. Does it follow this pattern? Status quo, that's where we start.
Video examples
If superpowers were...
Immortality. In movies, kings are always searching for the secret to immortality. But is immortality really a good thing? To a ten-year-old boy, one year is the same as 10% of his life.
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Snoop Dogg
American Rapper
I want to write, direct, produce, but in steps. I want to take steps. I don't want to just jump in because I sold a lot of records and just feel like I can jump into the movie world. Naw, I want to learn the movie world like I learned the music world.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I've been very lucky enough to do all kinds of movies. All the movies that I've done have been very different, and all the characters I've done have been very different. I feel very lucky to have been able to do the movies that I've done.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
When you make movies, it's such an important period of time, when you look back at each one of them. You want to be able to say that you did something that was a challenge and that changed you.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.
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Andy Warhol
American Artist
People sometimes say the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
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Samuel L. Jackson
Actor
Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
There's more to life than movies.
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Snoop Dogg
American Rapper
I want to write, direct, produce, but in steps. I want to take steps. I don't want to just jump in because I sold a lot of records and just feel like I can jump into the movie world. Naw, I want to learn the movie world like I learned the music world.
Quote examples
Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I've been very lucky enough to do all kinds of movies. All the movies that I've done have been very different, and all the characters I've done have been very different. I feel very lucky to have been able to do the movies that I've done.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.
Quote examples
Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
When you make movies, it's such an important period of time, when you look back at each one of them. You want to be able to say that you did something that was a challenge and that changed you.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.
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Andy Warhol
American Artist
People sometimes say the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
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Samuel L. Jackson
Actor
Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
There's more to life than movies.
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