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I see your point and want to note that in England the amount is £10.99 for unlimited Cinema access. The newest movies are, cheaper than your Netflix deal!

The only reason I still see a lot of movies each month is because one of my local cinema chains offers unlimited movies for £14 a month. In fact, you can get it for £11 a month if you exclude the west London cinemas, but as I live there I pay £14 to include them and every other one in the country.

Given a normal ticket costs £8.50, it's easy to see how it can be paid off. In fact I usually end up seeing one or two movies a week totally as much as 8 or more a month at times. 8 moves for £14? That'll keep me in the cinema, even with inflated drink and popcorn prices.

I frequently (twice a week) go to the cinema, thanks to the great offer by UGC Cinemas in the UK, where you can pay a tenner a month and watch an unlimited (and that's really unlimited, not ISP-speak unlimited) number of showings. I don't think I've bought ANYTHING in the cinema in the last 6 months. I'm quite content to sit and watch a film without food or drink.

I frequently (twice a week) go to the cinema, thanks to the great offer by UGC Cinemas in the UK, where you can pay a tenner a month and watch an unlimited (and that's really unlimited, not ISP-speak unlimited) number of showings. I don't think I've bought ANYTHING in the cinema in the last 6 months. I'm quite content to sit and watch a film without food or drink.

Are you sure you don't mean 10 ads along with another 5 or so theatrical length trailers? That's what we get with these guys. You can, though, buy a £10 ($18) monthly pass which pays for itself with two £6 ($11) evening visits.

Sure, there's a flash banner at the top of the page, but FlashBlock takes care of that.

Sure, there's a flash banner at the top of the page, but FlashBlock takes care of that.

The UK Job Centre website has an irritating feature in the job search part, where you fill out a form selecting the type of job you want, before being asked where in the country you're looking for a job. My wife found this incredibly frustrating, as every time she wanted to alter the particularly narrow job type search parameters, she needed to re-enter the location.

Another one I came across at the weekend was UGC Cinemas. I was trying to book tickets for LOTR. After I selected the location, the film, the time I wanted, selected how many tickets I wanted, entered my name, credit card details, email adress (with confirmation), phone number (with confirmation), and confirmed all the details, then and only then it decided to tell me that it couldn't go ahead with the booking because the showing was sold out. It wouldn't be so bad if I could just change the time to a later showing, but no, I'm back to the start and I have to re-enter everything again. It was only on my third attempt I found a showing with free seats...

At lease the film turned out ok! ;)