bkev said:

Yeah, but honestly Warb, who checks? If you go to the right theater they let you waltz right in. We used to take popcorn from home - and that was when you could still get a decent-sized bag for $5!

I tried a few years back and got stopped. I was told I couldn't come inside the theater with outside food and beverages.

Bingowings said:

It's not really something a cinema can do anything about.

It's not a restaurant it's a cinema so while I'm sure they would prefer patrons to buy their nibbles from the vendors in the foyer they can't stop people from consuming anything they brought in (within reason...a recently roasted boar would probably get short shrift from the ushers as would a bag of fish and chips).

they can't stop you from consuming it, but they can keep you from coming in with it, as they did with me. As Ferris would say, it is their property and they can keep whomever they want, off of it.