Shining light on movie times

I hate to think about the movie viewing future for “fashionably late” Christie D’Zurilla [“Trouble for the Tardy,” May 12].

Eventually she will join the ranks of all those elderly folks who habitually arrive late for matinee showings. Seems they either don’t own a watch, never look up show times, or just have such a hectic retirement life that they simply cannot get there before the lights go down.

Instead of printing “show times” and “feature times,” Loews should print “senior seating times” about 15 minutes before the actual “show time.” Maybe then, the senior citizens will find their seats before the lights dim.

Jim Clark

Torrance

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I enjoyed your column about when a movie really starts. My wife, Barbara, likes to be early, while the lights are still on, so she doesn’t have to stumble in the dark. I can’t stand the ads and trailers, so after I see where she is sitting I go to the lobby with a magazine and read for about 15 minutes. This arrangement works quite well for us.

Sam Sokolow

Encino