Phone Bags and Sacred Cinema | Cork News

Cork News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 17, 2026 · 1m

Cinema’s phone-free revolution is here — and it’s surprisingly effective. At Christopher Nolan’s epic new film, The Odyssey, attendees were handed phone bags to ditch their devices, turning the theater into a sacred, screen-focused space. The writer behind the initiative admits she loves her phone but believes movie nights should be distraction-free. She laughs off the “emergency contact” excuse, suggesting aisle seats are a better solution. Stories abound: a Ghostbusters flasher, a Legally Blonde phone-filming front-rower who got kicked out during intermission. Even DJ Fred Again’s shows…