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THEATRE The Theory of Everything A weekly screening A weekly especially for screening parents and carers dedicated to with babies under the over-60s. 18 months. PARENTS PARENTS & BABIES SILVER SILVER SCREEN

Designed for those on the autism spectrum or anyone who would benefi t from a more relaxed cinema environment. The soundtrack volume is reduced and low lights are left on. It’s fi ne to make noise or move around. RELAXED SCREENINGS PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR

TICKET PRICES DOORS Monday – Thursday Full Price £6.50 D 1 / 2 3 / 4 5 / 6 7 / 8 9 / 10 Concessions £4.90 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Matinee Full Price £5.50 Matinee Concessions £3.90 B 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Parents & Babies £3.90 A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Silver Screen £3.90 SCREEN

WELCOME Friday – Sunday Full Price £7.50 Concessions £5.90 DISCOUNTS Live Screenings & Encores Senior Citizens | Under-19s | Full-Time Students | Full Price £14.00 Benefi t & Family Credit Claimants | Key Workers | Concessions £12.00 Registered Disabled (+ Free Companion Ticket)

www.cornexchangenew.com/film Local rates apply from landlines, please 0845 5218 218 check our website for opening times Members & Friends booking opens Friday 19 January Public booking opens Friday 26 January Book nine films and get the tenth film FREE! Terms and conditions apply. Booking Fees: All fi lm screenings and live broadcasts (including encores) will be subject to a booking fee when booked online or on the telephone. For fi lms this will be 50p per ticket, for live broadcasts (including encores) this will be 85p per ticket. This fee is capped at £6 in any one transaction when booking over the telephone. Friends and Patrons are exempt from

HOW TO BOOK TO HOW a ticket booking fee. 23 – 29 JANUARY DIARY Fri 23 ...... 14:30, 20:30 Birdman...... 17:50 Sat 24 Testament of Youth...... 11:45, 14:45, 20:30 2 – 8 JANUARY Birdman...... 17:50 Fri 2 The Theory of Everything.... 14:30, 17:45, 20:30 Sun 25 Birdman...... 12:30 Sat 3 The Theory of Bolshoi Ballet: Swan Lake...... 15:00 Everything...... 12:15, 15:00, 17:45, 20:30 Testament of Youth...... 16:30 Sun 4 The Theory of Everything.... 11:30, 14:15, 17:00 Mon 26 Silver Screen: Testament of Youth...... 14:30 Mon 5 Silver Screen: The Theory of Everything....14:30 Tue 27 Parents and Babies: Birdman...... 11:00 Tue 6 Parents and Babies: Testament of Youth...... 14:30, 17:40 The Theory of Everything...... 11:00 Birdman...... 20:35 The Theory of Everything...... 14:30 NT Encore: JOHN...... 20:00 Wed 28 Parents and Babies: Testament of Youth....11:00 Wed 7 Parents and Babies: Testament of Youth...... 17:40 The Theory of Everything...... 11:00 Birdman...... 20:35 The Theory of Everything.... 14:30, 17:45, 20:30 Thu 29 Testament of Youth...... 12:00, 20:30 Thu 8 The Theory of Everything.... 12:30, 17:45, 20:30 Birdman...... 17:50 9 – 15 JANUARY 30 JANUARY – 5 FEBRUARY Fri 9 The Theory of Everything.... 14:30, 17:45, 20:30 Fri 30 Into the Woods...... 14:30, 17:45, 20:35 Sat 10 The Theory of Everything.... 11:45, 17:45, 20:30 Sat 31 Into the Woods...... 12:00, 14:55, 17:45, 20:35 Kon-Tiki...... 14:30 Sun 1 Into the Woods...... 12:30, 16:30 Sun 11 The Theory of Everything...... 11:50, 14:35 Mon 2 Silver Screen: Into the Woods...... 14:30 Mon 12 Silver Screen: The Theory of Everything....14:30 Tue 3 Parents and Babies: Into the Woods...... 11:00 Tue 13 Parents and Babies: The Theory of Everything...... 11:00 Into the Woods...... 14:30, 17:45, 20:35 The Theory of Everything...... 14:30, 20:30 Wed 4 Parents and Babies: Into the Woods...... 11:00 Kon-Tiki...... 17:45 Into the Woods...... 17:45, 20:35 Wed 14 Parents and Babies: Thu 5 Into the Woods...... 12:30, 17:45, 20:35 The Theory of Everything...... 11:00 The Theory of Everything...... 17:45 6 – 12 FEBRUARY Kon-Tiki...... 20:30 Fri 6 Trash...... 14:30, 17:45 Thu 15 The Theory of Everything...... 12:30, 15:15 Foxcatcher...... 20:20 NT Encore: JOHN...... 20:00 Sat 7 Trash...... 12:00, 14:45, 20:35 16 – 22 JANUARY Foxcatcher...... 17:40 Fri 16 Unbroken...... 14:30 Sun 8 Trash...... 12:00, 14:35 Big Eyes...... 18:00, 20:30 Foxcatcher...... 17:10 Sat 17 Big Eyes...... 12:30, 18:00, 20:30 Mon 9 Silver Screen: Trash...... 14:30 Unbroken...... 15:00 Tue 10 Parents and Babies: Foxcatcher...... 11:00 Sun 18 Unbroken...... 11:30 Foxcatcher...... 14:30 Big Eyes...... 14:30, 17:00 Trash...... 17:50, 20:30 Mon 19 Silver Screen: Big Eyes...... 14:30 Wed 11 Parents and Babies: Trash...... 11:00 Tue 20 Parents and Babies: Unbroken...... 11:00 Trash...... 17:50 Big Eyes...... 14:30, 17:45 RSC Live: Love’s Labours Lost...... 19:00 Unbroken...... 20:15 Foxcatcher...... 20:30 Wed 21 Parents and Babies: Big Eyes...... 11:00 Thu 12 Trash...... 13:00 Unbroken...... 17:30 Foxcatcher...... 17:05 Big Eyes...... 20:30 Thu 22 Big Eyes...... 13:00, 18:00, 20:30 FULL SYNOPSES AND TRAILERS AT NT Live: Treasure Island...... 19:00 WWW.CORNEXCHANGENEW.COM 13 – 19 FEBRUARY Fri 13 Penguins of Madagascar ...... 11:00 A Most Violent Year ...... 14:30, 20:30 VISIT US Wild ...... 17:50 Corn Exchange, Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5BD Sat 14 Relaxed Screening: Penguins of Madagascar ...... 10:30 Penguins of Madagascar ...... 13:30 CORN A Most Violent Year ...... 17:50 EXCHANGE

The Theory of Everything ...... 19:00 WHARF ROAD WHARF Wild ...... 20:40 MARKET PLACE A339 Sun 15 Penguins of Madagascar ...... 12:00 P A Most Violent Year ...... 14:15 Wild ...... 17:30 The Imitation Game ...... 19:00 BEAR LANE Mon 16 Silver Screen: A Most Violent Year ...... 14:30 Tue 17 Parents and Babies: Wild ...... 11:00 Penguins of Madagascar ...... 14:00 CHEAP STREET Wild ...... 17:50 A Most Violent Year ...... 20:30 Wed 18 Parents and Babies: A Most Violent Year ...... 11:00 NT Encore: Treasure Island ...... 14:00 A339 A Most Violent Year ...... 17:50 MARKET STREET SAINSBURY’S Wild ...... 20:40 Thu 19 Penguins of Madagascar ...... 11:00 Wild ...... 14:30 A Most Violent Year ...... 17:45, 20:30 TRAIN STATION Please note, the following shows will be screened in our auditorium: NT LIVE: Treasure Island 22 January, 19:00 Bolshoi Ballet: Swan Lake 25 January, 15:00 ACCESS Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music 31 January, 19:00 We are fully accessible to wheelchair users. We have RSC LIVE: Love’s Labour’s Lost 11 February, 19:00 audio description headsets available. Please let us know of Oscars: The Theory of Everything 14 February, 19:00 additional requirements when you book your tickets. Oscars: The Imitation Game 15 February, 19:00 www.cornexchangenew.com/access 20 – 26 FEBRUARY FOR HIRE NEXT SEASON Fri 20 Birdman ...... 14:30 The cinema can be hired for Foxcatcher ...... 17:35 ON SALE private screenings, conferences American Sniper ...... 20:30 Members & Friends: or meetings. Please contact Sat 21 Into the Woods ...... 11:30 Friday 13 February Kate Williams on Boyhood ...... 14:15 Public: Friday 01635 517965 or American Sniper ...... 17:45 [email protected] Whiplash ...... 20:40 20 February Sun 22 American Sniper ...... 12:30 Boyhood ...... 16:30 Mon 23 Silver Screen: Whiplash ...... 14:30 Please Note: We reserve the right to refuse admission. Terms and conditions apply. Programme details are correct at the time of going to Tue 24 Parents and Babies: American Sniper .....11:00 press; however, we reserve the right to alter or cancel the advertised Boyhood ...... 14:00 programme. Customers are advised to check times a few hours in advance. NT Encore: Treasure Island ...... 19:00 Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust is registered charity 10180567 and Wed 25 Parents and Babies: Whiplash ...... 11:00 company 3908975 limited by guarantee. Birdman ...... 17:15 Boyhood ...... 20:00 The Corn Exchange is funded by: The Cinema has been generously supported by: Thu 26 Whiplash ...... 14:30 Into the Woods ...... 17:40 Foxcatcher ...... 20:30 Watch live broadcasts of productions by the Bolshoi Ballet, National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company.

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BOLSHOI BALLET BOLSHOI BALLET ALSO Performances by the Bolshoi Ballet THIS ROMEO & JULIET SEASON ENCORE: 8 MARCH, 15:00 ON SALE on screen at the Corn Exchange NOW direct from Moscow. IVAN LE TERRIBLE SWAN LAKE LIVE: 19 APRIL, 16:00 LIVE: 25 JANUARY, 15:00 NATIONAL THEATRE BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: 12 MARCH, 19:00 JOHN THE HARD PROBLEM ENCORES: 6 & 15 JANUARY, 20:00 LIVE: 16 APRIL, 19:00 TREASURE ISLAND MAN AND SUPERMAN LIVE: 22 JANUARY, 19:00 LIVE: 14 MAY, 19:00 ENCORES: 18 FEBRUARY, 14:00 ENCORES: 2 & 11 JUNE, 19:00 24 FEBRUARY, 19:00 SPECIAL SCREENINGS SPECIAL ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ROYAL SHAKESPEARE LOVE’S LABOUR’S WON COMPANY LIVE: 4 MARCH, 19:00 LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST THE MERCHANT OF VENICE LIVE: 11 FEBRUARY, 19:00 LIVE: 22 JULY, 19:00 SING-A-LONG-A MANCHESTER ROYAL EXCHANGE MAXINE PEAKE AS HAMLET SOUND OF MUSIC ENCORE: 23 MARCH, 19:00 31 JANUARY, 19:00 FROZEN SOLD OUT Please see our website for further details 7 FEBRUARY, 13:30 & 17:30 about our Special Screenings programme 10 &13–14JANUARY journey isdramatised inthisgrippingaccount. he believedtheywould haveused. Histreacherous and sailedinKon-Tiki, abalsawoodraftofthekind South American seafarers1,500yearsago. Hebuilt to provethatPolynesiacouldhavebeensettled by Norwegian archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl(PalHagen) This oceanicepicisbasedonthe1947attempt by with Englishsubtitles. 2012.119mins.Norwegian Germany/ Starring: PalHagen.UK/Norway/Denmark/ Directors: Joachim Roenning, EspenSandberg. KON-TIKI OSCARS SPECIAL FULL SYNOPSES AND TRAILERSAT WWW.CORNEXCHANGENEW.COM (15) BIG EYES language andmoderatethreat. Contains infrequentstrong couple’s truestory. fascinating screenwriters tocraftthe teams upwithhisEdWood self-deluded outsiders, again no strangertochronicling himself. Director Tim Burton, husband signedallherwork painted them–herfame-hungry one knewitwasshewhohad in the1950sand’60s. But no eyed childrenwerebestsellers kitsch paintingsofwistfuldoe- Margaret Keane’s () 106 mins. Terence Stamp. USA2014. Christoph Waltz, AmyAdams, Director: Tim Burton.Starring: 16 –22JANUARY (12A) EVERYTHING THE THEORYOF and mildbadlanguage. Contains briefsexualisedimages other ideas. of sparingherpain–butshehas turns awayfromJaneinthehope has motorneuronedisease, he performance) discoversthathe Redmayne, givingastunning Cambridge. When Stephen(Eddie Wilde (FelicityJones)in1960s ofhisromancewithJane story profound andmovingfi lm tellsthe towering fi gures ofourtime. This Stephen Hawkingisoneofthe . UK2014.123mins. Maxine Peake, David Thewlis, Eddie Redmayne, FelicityJones, Director: JamesMarsh.Starring: 14 FEBRUARY 2 –15JANUARY & (12A) INTO THE WOODS (PG) 30 JANUARY - 5 FEBRUARY & 21 & 26 FEBRUARY Director: Rob Marshall. Starring: James Corden, , , . USA 2014. 125 mins. Based on Stephen Sondheim’s stage musical, Into The Woods brings together the heroes of many fairy tales – including Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) and Little Red Riding Hood (with Johnny Depp as the Wolf) – in a tale about a baker and his wife (James Corden and Emily Blunt) who have been cursed by a witch (Meryl Streep). Wonderfully engaging entertainment.

UNBROKEN (15) 16 – 18 & 20 – 21 JANUARY

Director: . Starring: Jack O’Connell, , Garrett Hedlund. USA 2014. 137 mins. Louis Zamperini fi rst came to prominence as a runner, competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. When World War II broke out he enlisted in the United States Air Force. Then his plane crashed in the Pacifi c, and he spent 47 days adrift on a raft before being captured by Japanese soldiers. Unbroken tells Zamperini’s heroic story, with Jack O’Connell (Starred Up, ’71) giving an extraordinary performance in the lead role.

SIGN UP for our free weekly fi lm e-newsletter for listings, offers, competitions and more BIRDMAN (OR THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (15) THE IMITATION 23 – 25 & 27 – 29 JANUARY & 20 & 25 FEBRUARY GAME (12A) Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring: Michael Keaton, 15 FEBRUARY Edward Norton, Naomi Watts. USA 2014. 119 mins. Director: Morten Tyldum. UK/USA 2014. 114 mins. Actor Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton, Batman) made his name in a Hollywood franchise about a superhero called the Birdman. Benedict Cumberbatch portrays Alan Turing, the Now he longs to be taken seriously on Broadway, but an unhinged mathematical genius who broke Germany’s Enigma stage actor (Edward Norton) may be more than he can deal code during World War II. Flashbacks following Turing’s with – and his Birdman alter ego won’t leave him alone. Birdman arrest for homosexuality chronicle a gripping race marries showbiz satire with poignant drama, and Michael Keaton’s against time. performance is absolutely fearless. A wild, dazzling black comedy. Contains moderate sex references.

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (12A) 23 – 29 JANUARY Director: James Kent. Starring: Alicia Vikander, , Taron Egerton, Dominic West, Emily Watson. UK 2014. 130 mins. This lavish adaptation of ’s eponymous 1933 memoir charts the devastation wreaked by World War I on a spirited young woman. When the war separates Vera (Alicia Vikander) from her brother (Taron Egerton) and fi ancé (Kit Harington), she follows them to the front as a fi eld nurse. This is not just a heartbreaking love story, but also a corrective to the myth that only men fi ght wars. Contains scenes of bloody injury.

FOXCATCHER (15) 6 – 8 & 10 –12 & 20 & 26 FEBRUARY Director: Bennett Miller. Starring: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo. USA 2014. 134 mins. Bennett Miller won Best Director at Cannes for Foxcatcher, the true story of wrestling champions Mark and Dave Schultz (Channing Tatum AMERICAN and Mark Ruffalo). Multimillionaire John du Pont (Steve Carell, giving SNIPER (CERT TBC) an astonishing performance) 20 – 22 & 24 FEBRUARY offers to coach the brothers as Director: Clint Eastwood. Starring: they train for the 1988 Seoul Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Olympics. But this deeply strange Kyle Gallner. USA 2014. TBC mins. man becomes increasingly Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) is sadistic and controlling, and the an unerring rifl eman in Iraq. His prowess trio’s relationship starts to spiral unmatched, he becomes a military icon. out of control. The result is an But the brutalisation of war puts a strain extraordinary psychological thriller. on his relationship with his wife Taya (Sienna Miller), which Eastwood weaves into a subplot that rivals the battleground scenes in intensity.

TRASH (15) A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (15) 6 – 12 FEBRUARY 13 – 19 FEBRUARY

Director: Stephen Daldry. Starring: Rooney Mara, Director: J. C. Chandor. Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Martin Sheen. UK/Brazil 2014. 114 mins. English, Chastain, David Oyelowo. USA 2014. 125 mins. and Portuguese with English subtitles. New York businessman Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac, Echoing the feel-good elements of Slumdog Inside Llewyn Davis) wants to expand his company Millionaire, this drama directed by Stephen Daldry legitimately, but powerful criminal rivals are out WHAT’S ON WHAT’S (Billy Elliot) centres on three boys who stumble across to ruin his plans. Corruption and violence engulf a cash-fi lled wallet while foraging on a rubbish tip. him, threatening to destroy all that he and his wife They spend the loot, but then they discover that the Anna (, Interstellar) have built. wallet belongs to a corrupt politician – who wants Talented storyteller J. C. Chandor (All Is Lost, it back. The boys’ subsequent quest for justice is Margin Call) directs a superb cast in this gripping, helped by an American priest (Martin Sheen) and his morally challenging thriller set in the crime-ridden assistant (Rooney Mara). year of 1981.

BOYHOOD (15) 21 – 22 & 24 – 25 FEBRUARY Director: Richard Linklater. Starring: Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, . USA 2014. 166 mins. Linklater (Before Midnight) chronicles a boy’s life over 12 years, shot in real time. Ellar Coltrane plays Mason, the son of divorced parents (Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette). His experiences are rendered utterly compelling in this WHIPLASH (15) groundbreaking fi lm. 21, 23 & 25 - 26 FEBRUARY Director: Damien Chazelle. Starring: Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist. USA 2014. 106 mins. Winner of both the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2014, Whiplash examines the relationship between Andrew (Miles Teller), an aspiring jazz drummer, and Fletcher (J. K. Simmons), his ultra-demanding teacher. Driven to breaking point by Fletcher’s bullying, Andrew sacrifi ces everything, leading to a shattering climax.

WILD (15) PENGUINS OF 13 – 15 & 17 – 19 FEBRUARY MADAGASCAR (U) 13 – 15 & 17 & 19 FEBRUARY

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring: Reese Directors: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith. Voices: Witherspoon, . USA 2014. 115 mins. Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom McGrath, John Malkovich. USA 2014. 92 mins. In 1995, Cheryl Strayed set out alone on a three- month, 1,100-mile hike along America’s Pacifi c Crest The lovably boisterous penguins from the Trail, an epic journey of self-discovery and redemption Madagascar fi lms return in this spin-off espionage that she later recounted in a bestselling memoir. adventure. They lead double lives as super spies Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club), and must team up with an elite inter-species task Witherspoon gives a brave and graceful portrayal force led by a wolf named Classifi ed (Benedict of Strayed as she deals with harsh terrain, extreme Cumberbatch) to sabotage Dr Octavious Brine’s weather, dangerous strangers and her own emotional (John Malkovich) villainous plans for world turmoil – all set against the beautifully photographed domination. This brilliantly animated feature backdrop of the American wild. promises to be a family favourite this Christmas.