Film Review: Gal Gadot Stars in New Thriller 'The Runner'
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Gal Gadot is an actress. She has a new movie. It is called The Runner.
The movie is a thriller. A thriller is a movie with danger and action.
In the movie, Gadot runs across London. She runs for a long time.
A reviewer watched the movie. A reviewer is a person who writes about movies.
The reviewer did not like the movie. The reviewer says Gadot runs into people.
The reviewer says the movie is not new. It looks like other movies.
The reviewer calls it a low-rent movie. Low-rent means cheap and not very good.
The movie is a chase movie. A chase is when someone runs after someone else.
The movie happens in London, England.
People can watch the movie now.
Vocabulary6 words
- thriller
- a movie with danger and excitement
- reviewer
- a person who writes their opinion about a movie
- low-rent
- cheap and not very good
- chase
- when someone runs after someone
- derivative
- copying other things, not new
- stumble
- to have problems doing something well
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1. Gal Gadot 2. London 3. No
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Gal Gadot is an _____. She has a new movie.
The movie is a _____. A thriller is a movie with danger.
In the movie, Gadot runs across _____.
A _____ watched the movie.
The reviewer did not like the _____.
The reviewer says Gadot runs into _____.
The reviewer calls it a _____ movie.
The movie is a _____ movie.
The movie happens in London, _____.
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