If you’re paying $18 for a movie ticket, as I did the other night at the Arclight to see First Reformed, why not make it $20? You plus your girlfriend/wife or kid and you’ve spent $36. Popcorn and whatnot is another $10 or $12 each — call it $60. Plus whatever you’re paying for parking. Going out to a movie used to be a relatively cheap date. And these days most of the films in the big plexes are shit so is anyone surprised that attendance is down?

May 31, 2018by Jeffrey Wells51 Comments