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B picture

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as in B movie

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Recent Examples of B picture Once upon a time, movie houses were full of all sorts of pictures — big pictures, little pictures, A pictures, B pictures, smart pictures, silly pictures. — Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025 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 Right now, everything was riding on Dumbo, the studio’s B picture. — Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022

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Noun

At the same time, Lanterns comes with a set of expectations that will never burden Reacher, an extended B movie of a TV series adapted from a potboiler run of airplane novels.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Gone would be the days of strolling up to the box office, buying a cheap matinée ticket, and sitting in a mostly empty theatre to watch a B movie with your friends.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 22 July 2026

Definition of B movie

Noun

The Grand Highlander has the roomiest third row of the three family SUVs and the Telluride is the best in terms of cabin quality, standard tech and features.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Since this is an Android Drop rather than a Pixel Drop, these features are coming to a wider range of devices.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of feature

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Trish Reilly, President’s Award A lifelong love of cooking and a deep familiarity with the motion picture industry have shaped Trish Reilly’s career as a food stylist.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
And because major motion pictures often require years to produce, a decision postponed today can become a missing film several years from now.

— Cory Jacobson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of motion picture

Noun

The film was nominated in the best short subject category, but lost to Snow Bear.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
The festival begins Friday and continues through Saturday with more than a dozen film selections, both full features and short subjects.

— Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026

Definition of short subject

Noun

The brief 1978 documentary Borges para millones begins with the process itself of shooting, attentive to its own creation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Netflix is a true crime fan’s paradise, and the Death of the Pastor’s Wife filmmakers are taking all the credit — or at least a victory lap timed to the premiere of their latest documentary series.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of documentary

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