So I went to see Predator at the cinema tonight.

I would have also seen Alien (Director's Cut) but I got the start time mixed up and missed that.

It's fun when theaters play older movies like that. Happens in Portland a lot.

@Superion : This is at a little independent cinema off Leicester Square that I'm a member of. It's cheap as cinemas go nowadays, especially for members. They have a season of double bills lined up of which Alien/Predator was the first. Others I might go see are All About Eve/The Apartment and Rear Window/Psycho. I'm really excited, probably more than I should be, at the prospect of Ghostbusters / Gremlins in October.

You can find a lot of older stuff if you look for it in London. I'll start keeping an eye out again once I move back.

I like the sound of Portland.

While I usually have a fascistic desire for absolute silence and solitude in the cinema it was actually quite good fun watching a film I know really well with a bunch of people applauding and laughing at certain lines.

@ the way i get by: Damn good to see you Dutch.

(I'm assuming you were quoting and not just expressing jealous rage)

@ Superion : You can have beer at the Prince Charles Cinema, they have a bar. You could probably sneak in your own. Food too. They're pretty lax, not that I've tested them.

You do realise pretty much any leisure activity in Britain involves beer don't you? Especially in London. Of course it's rarely good beer, but you can't have everything. Not here anyway.

Actually, I didn't know that. We have almost evolved to having a bar at the cinema, but not quite.

and, there is a bar at... yeah, every indie cinema i frequent. but since the one i'm at most often is about three blocks from new belgium, it would be silly for them to not have a bar.