- Curl up with a book: to get comfortable and read.
- Thrillers or action books: exciting and full of events
- A strong plotline: good story which keeps moving
- Cover to cover: from start to finish
- Rom-com movie: a romantic comedy film
- Adapted from fiction: a film which was first a book
- Strong characterisation: the main people are well rounded and believable
- Recommended to me by a friend: someone suggested that I read it
- Black humour: funny but rather dark or mysterious as well
- Genre: the type of film. E.g. horror or comedy
- Commercial blockbusters: films made for the mass market to generate a lot of income
- A sea change in something: a fundamental shift
- Online streaming: watching via the internet
- To commission a film: to ask for one to be made
- A valid perspective: a real view / outlook/insight to something
- Cultural heritage: the background and history of a country
