How to Use the big screen in a Sentence

the big screen

noun phrase
  • See it all the way it was meant to be viewed, from the big screen.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 2 May 2024
  • There was a time when TV was viewed as the springboard to the big screen.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • On the big screen, the next round comes in early 2025 around the time of Sundance.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Goose the cat is returning to the big screen in The Marvels.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • This 2025 film is not the first time the heroes have moved from the comic page to the big screen.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The film marks Blake Lively's return to the big screen.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Many of these are staples of Broadway and the big screen.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But could Johnson have his sights set on the big screen?
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Seeing that film on the big screen with a late-night crowd was so fun!
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The easiest way to leap to the big screen is to connect your Deck to a dock.
    WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
  • So who could portray the iconic pop star on the big screen?
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Even at age 92, Moreno shows no signs of stopping in terms of her work on the big screen.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Barbie pink is on the big screen and in Oregon homes for sale.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Sergei Bobrovsky peered at the big screen to self-scout what went wrong on his end.
    David Wilson, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The Sims, one of the biggest names in the computer game world, is heading to the big screen.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
  • To see her again on the big screen is to weep with her, with heartache and gratitude.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
  • The Day The Clown Cried is getting another chance at the big screen.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
  • It was adapted for the big screen in 2011 with Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Has there been anything that’s surprised you about the process of watching the film go to the big screen?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger is headed back to the big screen.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • This film deserves to be seen on the big screen, and there’s no better team to put it there.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Keep scrolling to find out all the TV shows and movies Witherspoon helped bring to the big screen—and how to stream them now.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Games like Asphalt Legends Unite run well (and look great on the big screen).
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Draught Haus Biergarten will have college and pro football on the big screen.
    Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • There have always been strange fish floating around on the big screen.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
  • One of the world’s great true-life train heist stories is set to return to the big screen in China.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Taylor Swift will bring the grandeur and the glory of the Eras Tour to the big screen with a concert film set to hit theaters Oct. 13.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Bob Marley's life and legacy is headed to the big screen.
    Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • In preparing to bring that story to the big screen, Miller wrote not just one movie, but three.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024
  • Justin Baldoni directs and stars in the big screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, which first hit shelves in 2016.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 14 Oct. 2024

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