C1. Entertainment

There Will Be Blood: A true ………… performance. Some of the best acting I've ever seen in my life in this movie.

• rendez vous

• tour de force

• trompe-l'oeil

• raison d'être

Actors traditionally wait in the ……… of the theatre before stepping on stage.

• wings

• stall

• circle

• box

He received a standing ovation and a ……… from the audience at the end of the play.

• curtain call

• bow

• stage

‘By the time a ……… film shows itself in the multiplex there are so many column inches, trailers, TV specials and web-sites about it that you feel you have already seen the film.’

• cult

• chick flick

• blockbuster

‘It is the second time he has adapted one of Jane Austen's novels into a ………….’

• gross-out

• cliffhanger

• costume drama

Johnny English is a …… of James Bond and other spy films.

• spoof

• gross-out comedy

• chick flick

The stunts in Skyfall were too … . I couldn't buy into them (=believe them).

• spine-chilling

• far-fetched

• hard-hitting

The excitement of the finale of Game of Thrones had me …

• at the end of my tether

• at the coalface

• on the edge of my seat

He's a terrible singer, always singing … in his live shows.

• out of key

• out of tune

• out of pace

Monty Python's Life of Brian is a …… comedy.

• stunning

• hilarious

• riveting