The perfect time for ads at the cinema | Brief letters
10-03-2025 18:07 via theguardian.com

The perfect time for ads at the cinema | Brief letters

Film frustrations | Fighter jets | Defence splurge | Triple brandies | Top dog at CruftsRegarding your article (Longer pre-film ads ‘wasting time’ of frustrated cinema fans, 8 March), you published my letter in 2015 suggesting that cinemas put on adverts after films, so those who want to watch them can stay behind, while those of us who find ads irritating can leave. Ten years have passed, and now is the time to implement my sensible suggestion.Richard Ross
London• I s
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