Dangermouse, if you wanted to live in a place with a cinema, why didn't you move to somewhere like Bromley or Croydon? Places with cinemas tend to be much bigger and busier than Forest Hill, and consequently property prices are more expensive, and you have to pay to park, even outside your own door. Personally I like the fact that Forest Hill is small. Few places of FH's size have the benefit of the Horniman Museum and park, and (eventually when it's rebuilt) a swimming pool. The day of cinemas the size of the Capitol are long over, they're all huge multiplexes, and where would we put one of those, and do you want the cinema goers parking outside your front door? Forest Hill can certainly do with some smartening up and some of the closed shops being converted to houses or occupied by new businesses, but generally speaking I like it the way it is.
By the way, I believe the nearest cinema is in Beckenham, not too far away at all!