Arts and Entertainment

Tonight's An Evening with Tony Benn at the Corn Exchange has been cancelled, owing to illness. There will, however, be an exclusive video introduction…

Film Review: The Croods (U)Running time 98 minutes Rating:***IT IS a rare thing for a major Hollywood studio such as Dreamworks to produce a film that…

Film Review: Welcome to the Punch (15)Running time 100 minutes Rating:****British action thrillers have long had the unfortunate reputation of being heavy…

A heart-warming love affair is the subject of the latest exhibition for Newbury landscape painter Chris Hall.When he was a student at The Slade, in 1954,…

Oz: The Great and Powerful (PG)Running time 130 minutes Rating:**Everyone, even children of the Facebook/Twitter/iPhone generation, has heard of The Wonderful…

Film review: Safe Haven (12a)Running time 105 minutes Rating:**What with hurricanes blowing in at regular intervals, alligators in all the creeks and…

Stand-up comic Lucy Porter is back on the road, after celebrating 15 years at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival, with her critically acclaimed new show People…

Mama (15)Running time 100 minutes Rating:*** With its restrained violence, bleached out setting and intriguing sense of doom-laden suspense that flickers…

Song for Marion (PG)Running time 93 minutes Rating:***The latest thing – in British films anyway – seems to be that everybody, whether they like it or…

Singer songwriter Polly Wood will be performing with her band songs from her new album – produced by Sam Brown – on Friday, March 1 (doors open 7pm),…

For Pam Ann – the brand new face of London Heathrow Sky Team's Terminal 4 who is currently touching down in her favourite terminals across the UK, including…

Film review: A Good Day to Die Hard (12a)Running time 97 minutes Rating:***RUSSIA has become increasingly frequented by movie and television units filming…

THE Corn Exchange is inviting local performers to share their talents in front of a live audience at an Open Mic night with a bit of a twist. Live and…

The Corn Exchange has announced two new big comedy names for the summer season. The nation’s favourite impressionist, Alistair McGowan, and hot newcomer…

Zero Dark Thirty (15)Running time 157 minutes Rating:****As well as being one of the few women film directors in Hollywood, Kathryn Bigelow is also one…

Film review: Lincoln (12a)Running time 160 minutes Rating:***If you asked an American to name one British Prime Minister who wasn’t either Blair or a…

Django Unchained (18)Running time 165 minutesRating: ***Whatever else you might think or say about director Quentin Tarantino and his films, you cannot…

Kelly Joe Phelps a leading light of real Americana music for almost 30 years, who was due to play Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, on Saturday, February 2,…

SEVENTY people were due to attend Sunday’s Sculpture Network New Year’s Brunch at the Greenham Arts Centre, but the bad weather conditions reduced the…

Film review: Quartet (12a)Running time 98 minutesRating: ***The BBC has an amazing ability whenever it wants to make a feature film – which happens every…