Financial Times Opinion Piece Questions the Enduring Appeal of Cinema-Going

A Financial Times opinion piece asks whether audiences still attend cinemas, citing 'surround sound' popcorn, ageing venues and the appeal of watching films on a decently sized home television. The article's stance is captured in its closing line: 'Actually, let's not go to the movies.' No specific cinemas, films, dates, figures or interviewees are named in the source material. The piece is a short, first-person commentary rather than a reported news story, and it offers no attendance statistics, box-office data or industry statements to support its position. It sits within the wider cultural debate over theatrical exhibition versus streaming and home viewing, but the source does not reference streaming platforms, studios, exhibitors or any other organisations. Because the text provides no named people, institutions or places, no entities can be extracted from it. The item is classified as an opinion-review.