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'.
(..) ... that had been meshed into kind of Western philosophy. There's a synthesis from the literature ... ... the exposure that they've had in cinema, their lives ... ... what they're interested in or find funny and cool. -We like kung fu movies. We like-- -We like Japanimation. (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited