Movies and books

Question 1

When a new movie first appears, or _______, newspapers will review it.

Answer 1

Comes out

Question 2

What do you call people who review books?

Answer 2

Book reviewers

Question 3

What do you call people who review movies?

Answer 3

Movie critics

Question 4

If a movie critic doesn’t like a movie, she can _______ it a bad review.

Answer 4

Gives it a bad review

Question 5

“The sympathizer” _______ the atmosphere of Vietnam in wartime so well.

Answer 5

Captures the atmosphere

Question 6

The book “13 reasons why” d_______ school bully.

Answer 6

Deals with

Question 7

I was enthralled by the movie from the _______ to the _______.

Answer 7

From the beginning to the end

Question 8

The _______ scene of Marvel’s End Game movie is Hawkeye’s family having a picnic.

Answer 8

Opening scene

Question 9

The _______ scene of Marvel’s End Game movie is the Iron Man’s funeral.

Answer 9

Closing scene

Question 10

The whole _______ chapter of the book is dedicated to setting the scene for an Elizabethian tragedy.

Answer 10

Opening chapter

Question 11

The end of a book is usually in the _______ chapter.

Answer 11

Closing chapter

Question 12

If everything works out well for the character, the book has a _______.

Answer 12

Has a happy ending

Question 13

If you really enjoy a book, you might want to _______ it to a friend.

Answer 13

Recommend it to a friend

Question 14

If someone wants to be an actor, we can say she wants to go _______.

Answer 14

Go on the stage

Question 15

Neil Gaiman’s book, “Coraline”, was adapted for _______.

[They turned it into a movie]

Answer 15

The big screen

Question 16

The Marvel Studio made good use of s_______ in the final battle scene.

Answer 16

Special effects

Question 17

Ryan played the _______ of an astronaut in “The First Man”.

Answer 17

Played the role of

Question 18

In “La la land”, the _______ was played by Ryan Gosling.

Answer 18

Male lead

Question 19

Emma has just the right look for the character. She can have the _______.

Answer 19

Have the female lead

Question 20

Stan Lee takes on lots of _______ in Marvel movies.

Answer 20

Take on a cameo role

Question 21

Maryl Streep gave an _______ in “The devil wears Prada”.

Answer 21

Gave an excellent performance

Question 22

Leonardo DiCaprio was _______ for an Oscar last year.

Answer 22

Be nominated for an Oscar

Question 23

Marvel’s “End Game” was an immediate _______ with more than 97 million tickets sold worldwide.

Answer 23

An immediate box-office hit

Question 24

The big hit was played to f_______ worldwide.

Answer 24

Full houses

Question 25

She was so a_______ in her book that she didn’t hear me coming.

Answer 25

Absorbed in her book

Question 26

Many people find articles about the private lives of movie stars _______. [so interesting you can’t stop reading]

Answer 26

Compulsive reading

Question 27

I don’t think horror stories make good b_______.

Answer 27

Bedtime reading

Question 28

You can t_______ 10 library books at once. Remember to _______ them in 10 days.

Answer 28

Take out the library books/

Return the library books

Question 29

Detective stories are good for train journeys because they are an _______.

Answer 29

Easy read

Question 30

You need to r_______ your library books every 10 days.

Answer 30

Renew library books

Question 31

She f_______ through a copy of Vogue while waiting at the train station.

Answer 31

Flicks through a copy of Vogue

Question 32

Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” was very b_______

Answer 32

Beautifully written