Going to the cinema

Going to the cinema is very popular in Britain, especially with young people, between 15 and 24. They often like to buy popcorn to eat or drink milkshakes while they watch a film.

Many multiplexes, cinema complexes with up to 14 screens showing a wide range of films, have been built. These multiplexes have encouraged more people to go to the cinema.

British men and women have different tastes in films. In a survey, most men liked action films which they watched on television or on video. Women preferred films which dealt with human relations between friends or between men and women.

Michael Vaughan-Rees, Geraldine Sweeney, Picot Cassidy: In Britain; Cornelsen Verlag, 2000, page 46