How to Use movie in a Sentence

movie

noun
  • He wants to work in the movies.
  • But that’s what movies are for.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
  • Things still have to work…as movies.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Agony is hard to watch in a movie.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • To find out their fate, watch the movie.
    — Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • What makes a movie too scary for sleep?
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Favreau's new movie is based on the show.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • Just a dark screen, as when a movie is over.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This movie gave me a place to put all that stuff.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Feels like a movie from the ’40s.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Have there been talks about what a third movie looks like?
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Bamigboye joked that the takeover saga could one day make a movie.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2026
  • And a lot of movies to sort through to find the right movies.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
  • This is the best time of year when all the best movies come out.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Why are fans rushing to see this movie?
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This is such an intense and crazy movie.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
  • And the movie theaters will be full again!
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • That was the challenge of the movie.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • There have been some critiques of the movie.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • So, what happens to a tiny movie like this?
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
  • All those movies are getting made.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
  • But good people rarely make for good movies.
    — Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That’s not what the story is about in movie one.
    — Sara Merican, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a lot of stress eating in this movie.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • To me, movies are the greatest group art form there is.
    — Fred Topel, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
  • For more movie news, head to Newsweek Movies.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • You’re still retired from movie make-up for good then?
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Kids learn to code, make movies, build robots and more.
    — Jessie Dax-Setkus, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The best part of the new George Clooney movie?
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
  • There’s so many other movies that have that same type of place.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025

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