Is It Ever Acceptable to Use a Phone in a Cinema?

Short answer: No. After a recent extraordinary confrontation, I can’t believe I’m still having to say this.

“Turn your phone off, dammit! It’s disrupting my peripheral vision.” Photo by Anna Raluy on Unsplash

In recent years, it appeared the message about not using phones in cinemas had finally got through to those numbskull orcs who lack the self-awareness to realise it is inconsiderate and rude. At every…