I would also like to join in the smuggery. The independent cinema in my town is £5 entry for me (25 and under) and other concessions- but £7 as a standard adult so quite a bit more than your place.
You can get tea in a mug for £1, and can also have a glass of wine or a pint of beer. The films are a few weeks later than at the franchises, but it's well worth it and I do feel lucky. There's a nice atmosphere there too, it's a place you want to be, rather than the big ones where you don't like it there but tolerate the surroundings in order to see the film.