Netflix killing cinema-going, says Mirren

DAME Helen Mirren has hit out at Netflix for the “devastating” effect it has had on her director husband because, she says, it ruined the cinema-going experience.

The Oscar-winning actress, 72, said media giants like the streaming service did not give viewers the “communal experience” of seeing films in cinemas.

“It’s devastating for people like my husband, film directors, because they want their movies to be watched in a cinema with a group of people,” she told the i newspaper.

Mirren’s husband is the Devil’s Advocate director Taylor Hackford.