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  • noun US A cinema or movie theater

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Examples

  • In a slightly less compelling subplot, Dwight's boss, Lt. Tanya Rice (Alfre Woodard, who's being put to better use this season), investigated a suspicious fire at an historic Memphis moviehouse owned by a couple of Elvis memorabilia collectors ('80s movie stars Michael Pare and Chelsea Field).

    Cheers & Jeers: Memphis Beat — Don't Be Cruel! 2011

  • Support your local indy moviehouse if you have one. wayne cant say no to tron

    3D Ticket Prices Are on the Rise, Effective This Weekend | /Film 2010

  • The last great movie I saw in a moviehouse was "Kick-Ass."

    Archive 2010-05-01 Reel Fanatic 2010

  • Yelling "Fire!" in a crowded moviehouse, for example.

    Artcrimes, or: This is NOT OK frankwu 2008

  • Then, having resolved on her last birthday to complete every task she began, she returned to the moviehouse and watched the ending of Starship Eros.

    La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

  • The last great movie I saw in a moviehouse was "Kick-Ass."

    What's that I smell? I think it's this summer's movies Reel Fanatic 2010

  •  Sometimes I lie in bed thinking about Louise and Richard sitting dark and cold in the moviehouse watching movies and I hope that Louise took a sweater with her because it always gets cold.

    The Only Still Thing 2010

  • The Rolling Stones had decreed that a truck full of equipment and an engineer be on hand in each moviehouse to get the sound right — and play it at the proper high volume.

    . . . And in a Later, Long-Lost Film Bill Wyman 2010

  • Shattering Big Brother's screen of deception is just the first step, but like opening the door in our moviehouse prison, it lets in the glare of truth, which kills the illusion of reality we've been suckered into believing, and illuminates the projection booth, where old Oz is busy toying with the levers of power.

    Short Story: "Striking the Set Piece" (12th in a series) 2009

  • In this second trailer, we see a lot more of the greater story, which at least in part involves a plot to blow up a moviehouse full of top-ranked Nazis.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Reel Fanatic 2009

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