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Vocabulary Describing books and films
1 Complete the book and film reviews with the words in the box.

box office hit critically acclaimed cult classic far-fetched
hard-hitting heart-wrenching long-awaited page-turner
spellbinding spine-tingling star-studded tearjerker

ONLINE REVIEWS L A T E S T B O O K S F I L M S T V S T R E A M I N G S E A R C H

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S e t i n 1 9 3 0 s L i v e r p o o l , t h i s e m o t i o n a l s t o r y o f a y o u n g o r p h a n i s a r e a l ( 1 ) t h a t w i l l h a v e y o u r e a c h i n g
f o r t h e t i s s u e s o n m o r e t h a n o n e o c c a s i o n . I t ’ s a s o r r o w f u l , ( 2 ) t a l e o f a c h i l d ’ s q u e s t t o b e l o n g b u t t h e
a u t h o r ’ s w r i t i n g s t y l e , j u s t a s m u c h a s t h e s t o r y , i s w h a t m a k e s i t s u c h a ( 3 ) ; y o u j u s t c a n ’ t p u t d o w n .

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I t ’ s a n o d d a n d f a i r l y ( 4 ) s t o r y t h a t c h a l l e n g e s t h e v i e w e r ’ s c r e d i b i l i t y ; a b l a c k c o m e d y t h a t f o c u s e s
o n t h e f r i e n d s h i p o f 2 0 - y e a r - o l d H a r o l d a n d M a u d e , w h o i s 7 9 . I t i s , h o w e v e r , w i t h o u t a d o u b t a ( 5 ) ,
i t s p a s s i o n a t e a f i c i o n a d o s d e f e n d i n g i t t o t h e h i l t a t a n y a n d e v e r y c r i t i c i s m . I n t e r e s t i n g l y , i t w a s n ’ t t h a t w e l l r e c e i v e d
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i n i t i a l l y , b u t o n i t s s e c o n d r e l e a s e i t b e c a m e a ( 6 ) .
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W h e r e a r e t h e C h i l d r e n N o w i s t h e ( 7 ) f o l l o w - u p n o v e l t o W h e r e a r e t h e C h i l d r e n b y M a r y H i g g i n s C l a r k ,
p u b l i s h e d i n 1 9 7 5 . I n k e e p i n g w i t h h e r u s u a l m a t e r i a l , t h e s t o r y i s a ( 8 ) t h r i l l e r w i t h t w i s t s a n d t u r n s i n t h e
n a r r a t i v e , w h i c h a r e b o u n d t o k e e p y o u o n t h e e d g e o f y o u r s e a t . T h e b o o k e x p l o r e s m o t h e r h o o d , w h a t i t m e a n s t o
l o s e a c h i l d a n d b e w r o n g f u l l y c o n v i c t e d o f a c r i m e a n d i s a ( 9 ) e x p l o r a t i o n o f t h e f a i l u r e s o f t h e j u s t i c e
s y s t e m . W h i l e , n o t f o r t h e f a i n t h e a r t e d , i t i s h i g h l y r e c o m m e n d e d .
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N o l a n i s n o t h i n g s h o r t o f a m a s t e r p i e c e , w i t h ( 1 1 ) p e r f o r m a n c e s f r o m i t s m a i n p r o t a g o n i s t s , s o m e o f w h o m https://english0905.com/private/
a r e h o t l y t i p p e d t o b e a m o n g s t t h i s y e a r ’ s O s c a r n o m i n e e s . I n p a r t i c u l a r , C i l l i a n M u r p h y ’ s p o r t r a y a l o f a p h y s i c i s t g r a p p l i n g
w i t h t h e d e v a s t a t i n g e f f e c t s o f s c i e n c e o n t h e w o r l d i s s o u t t e r l y ( 1 2 ) t h a t y o u ’ l l b e m e s m e r i s e d t h r o u g h o u t .

2 Write the words from Exercise 1 next to their meanings.
1 a film that is very successful and earns a lot of money
something that captures your attention completely
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3 a story that is intended to make people cry
something exciting or frightening in a way that people enjoy
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5 something hoped for or expected for some time
6 something that makes you feel very emotional or sad
7 a film or play that has a lot of famous actors
8 something difficult to believe because it’s unlikely
9 a very exciting or interesting book
10 something that critiques something in a very strong, honest and
direct way
a film with a select group of dedicated and passionate fans
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12 something that has received excellent reviews from critics
3 S P E A K Work in pairs. Tell your partner about
• a critically-acclaimed film or book that you found to be overrated or simply didn’t enjoy
• a cult classic film or novel from your country
• a page turner that you have read recently
• a book, play or film with a spine-tingling plot or scene
• a long-awaited book, film or TV series you enjoyed
• a film or theatre performance that you found spellbinding
• the premise to a book, film or TV series that sounds far-fetched
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