Can You Say That In English Please?

After work, I walked to the train station with Fiona, who is from Ireland. I was explaining that I thought I'd lost some weight:

"Before Japan, I worked at a movie theatre, and I ate so much candy and soda."

A bit later, it occurred to me that I hadn't hesitated using these words, even though we would both use "cinema" "sweets" and "fizzy drinks" back home. NOVA has Americani(z/s)ed me!

However, I refuse to spell things the American way. All that lack of "u"'s and "er" rather than "re" (for example, theatre) won't defeat me.