You know what it’s like when you go to your local multiplex on a Friday or a Saturday night – Hell on Earth, right? It’s full of evil half-humans who simply can’t be bothered to go down the pub or stay at home to have a conversation with their friends, a phone call, a meal, conduct a hobby, have a fight, dance or anything else except WATCH THE BLOODY MOVIE.
Now Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo of Radio 5 Live’s world-famous film show and podcast have come up with a code of conduct for cinema-goers. Print it and laminate it if you want, or show people this video if you want to explain their sins to them.
I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.
