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This document provides vocabulary for describing movies and writing movie reviews, including terms for characterizing the style, characters, plot, scenes, and other elements of films. It lists common adjectives and nouns for describing the style of a movie as well as roles like lead, hero, villain. Phrases are presented for referring to the character, plot, scenes, and general aspects of films like acting, music, effects. Descriptive words and locations are given for summarizing what happens in the movie.
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