movie theater
(US) A building where movies are shown to an audience; a cinema.
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first time going to a movie theater in a long time and coincidentally was in the same screening as an old lady suffering from terminal bronchitis, a man who owns the eternally radiant torch of helios, and a career spo…
i'm honestly very curious how i'll like it but i just love any excuse to go to the movie theater 😭
Purest joy in the world is going to the movie theater and buying a big ass popcorn and soda
My husband is going to the movie theater to see this on 35mm tomorrow while I watch Dynamite!
Imagine if we were tho 🤔 the chaos... Us getting kicked out of a movie theater for roasting too hard? Imagine it.
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(US) A building where movies are shown to an audience; a cinema.
“first time going to a movie theater in a long time and coincidentally was in the same screening as an old lady suffering from terminal bronchitis, a man who owns the eternally radiant torch of helios, and a career sports narrator! wow!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i'm honestly very curious how i'll like it but i just love any excuse to go to the movie theater 😭”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Purest joy in the world is going to the movie theater and buying a big ass popcorn and soda”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My husband is going to the movie theater to see this on 35mm tomorrow while I watch Dynamite!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Imagine if we were tho 🤔 the chaos... Us getting kicked out of a movie theater for roasting too hard? Imagine it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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