Movies and books

GENRES
• Westerns or spaghetti Westerns
• Adventure
• Animated (cartoons)
• Horror/ scary
• Comedy (or “romcom” – romantic comedy)
• Dramas. Sometimes these are epics (long, historical dramas) and
sometimes these are adaptations (adapted either from a previous
film, or from a book or play).
• Thrillers (or suspense)
• Musicals
• Science fiction
• Classics.
 ACTORS/ACTRESSES
• Celebrities
- Play a character – minor character, lead
roles , supporting roles or extras. Starring
role.
- Film credits: the cast and special appearance
 THE MOVIE
• Director, producer, screenwriter,
screenplay, soundtrack, film reviews, plot (or
storyline) the lighting, cinematography (art
of shooting the film) and costumes,
trailer and special effects
 WRITING A REVIEW
STRUCTURE
• An interesting title
• A catchy introduction
• A summary of the plot
• A surprising moment
• Your recommendation
 Describing a film
• It’s set in…(New York / in the 1950’s).
The film’s shot on location in Arizona.
The main characters are … and they’re played by…
It’s a mystery / thriller / love-story.

Useful adjectives
• All these are useful words and phrases to spice up your description:
• true-to-life (a real story)
the real story of
remarkable (unusual, good)
masterpiece (the best work someone has done)
oscar-winning
• superficial / deceptive / fascinating / unbelievable / rich / lonely / kind / reserved/
to be set in / to be written by / prosperity / characters / jazz age / protagonist /
atmosphere / author / chapter / ending / fictional towns / prohibition / novel / on
the outskirts / sad story.
 GIVING OPINION
• Overall if you like…
• I was pleasantly surprised by…
• In fact…
• What I disliked the most was…
• The book contains…
• As well as…
• This well-written book…
• Unbelievably…
• The most shocking part is when…
• I couldn’t believe it when…
• In fact…
• It was so surprising when…
• I strongly recommend..
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