Talking about books & movies
- an action movie: a film with fast-moving scenes, often containing violence
- bedtime reading: something to read in bed before you go to sleep
- to be a big reader: someone who reads a lot
- to be based on: to use as a modal
- a box office hit: a financially successful film
- to be heavy-going: difficult to read
- to catch the latest movie: to see a film that has just come out
- the central character: the main person in a film or book
- to come highly recommended: to be praised by another person
- couldn’t put it down: wasn’t able to stop reading a book
- an e-book: a digital book
- an e-reader: a device for reading e-books
- to get a good/bad review: to receive positive or negative feedback
- to go on general release: when a film can be seen by the general public
- hardback: a book with a rigid cover (see ‘paperback’ below)
- a low-budget film: a film made with a small amount of money
- on the big screen: at the cinema
- a page-turner: a book that you want to keep reading
- plot: the main events in a film or book
- to read something from cover to cover: to read a book from the first page to the last
- sci-fi: science fiction
- the setting: where the action takes place
- soundtrack: the music that accompanies a film
- special effects: the visuals or sounds that are added to a film which are difficult to produce naturally
- to tell the story of: to outline the details of someone’s life or an event
