Seeing films used to mean you had to go to the theater to see them, period.

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But you do not have to go to the theater to see the glamour that is James Bond.

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If the first half hour is compelling enough, people will have to go to the theater and pay for a ticket to see the rest.

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Some are saying that the heat wave sweeping across the U.S. is driving people into cool, air-conditioned theaters, and in a poll posted yesterday, 59% of readers voted that the heat does, in fact, make them more likely to go to the theater.

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Led to a green room before the show starts, she's displeased about the seating options, and, coming off a hip surgery, would prefer to go directly into the theater.

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You had to go see it in the theater.

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"Today, more than ever, consumers have to go back and forth through a number of home theater devices to find the entertainment they want to watch, " said Damir Skripic, product line manager for connected entertainment at NETGEAR.

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' That'll mean the movie audience will be smaller 'cause people could buy it on DVD, but there are still people, millions of people, who prefer to go to a movie theater on a Friday night, but the interesting thing for the audience will be now they'll be aiming for a much more adult population 'cause that's who buys the DVDs.

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He chose the theater to survive, so he wouldn't go mad.

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Aside from catching the occasional movie at a theater or sports game at a bar, players will go bowling or to church services with one another.

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