They are 'going to the cinema' [=('US') 'going to the movies'] tonight.
We drove by the 'cinema' to see what was playing.
She had a long career in (the) 'cinema'.
(..) - No, afraid not. Big, big bollocks ! Average day, my glasses are everywhere. Everywhere l look there's a pair of glasses. But when l want to go to the cinema, they've vanished. lt's one of life's real cruelties. That's compared to, like, earthquakes in the Far East or testicular cancer, is it ? (..)1999 Notting Hill