I think he should have joined doctors without borders, peace corps or whatever it is called, or one of those Christian mission (even though he had a problem with Christians) . He may have found peace in helping those who suffered more then him
App seems pretty neat. Ask other peoples opinion of things. I def can understand how business may want to know how much people pay. For 48 hours it seems decent.
Nice website. I think you should consider making it a widget for the Apple tv, Google tv, yahoo tv,... also meetup.com has movie meetups. You may want to contact some of the leaders about your site.