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A timely tale of love and loss
20th Apr 2025
by David Vass
Written by Nick Payne and directed by John Crowley, “We Live in Time” is set during three time periods — one lasts several years, another six months and the third about a day — that… read more
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From Norwich, its the film of the week
3rd Apr 2025
by David Vass
Tucked away on a Wednesday morning there is often a treat to be had at the Corn Hall in a way that feels a little like bunking off school. This Wednesday, Creative Arts East filled… read more
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Play
23rd Mar 2025
by David Vass
There was a time when Kubrick's comic masterpiece felt like a relic of the Cold War. How easy it was, only a few years ago, to chuckle knowingly at a film that satirised the folly… read more
Posted in Film, Theatre

Are you not Entertained?
23rd Mar 2025
by David Vass
Gladiator II is the sequel that was a long time coming. So long, in fact, that Paul Mescal plays the son of Russell Crowe's Maximus, all grown up since a dalliance with Connie Nielsen's Lucilla… read more
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Small things like these - a preview
8th Feb 2025
by David Vass
Anyone used to seeing Cillian Murphy head up the Birmingham underworld, or run for his life chased by zombies, or invent the atomic bomb, is in for a shock as he brings to the screen… read more
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Have your say on future film programming at The Corn Hall
17th Dec 2024
by Sophie Scott
We are pleased to announce that a programme of film screenings will return to The Corn Hall from January 2025. In order to make these screenings as successful as possible we’d like to invite you… read more
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Charlie Haycock Digs out his anecdotes
22nd Jun 2024
by David Vass
After Charlie Haycock's hugely entertaining talk on dialects back in April, it came as no surprise that he, once again, enjoyed a full house for his return visit to the Corn Hall, regaling his audience… read more
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Wonka is a chocolate box of delights
28th Mar 2024
by David Vass
Director Paul King is the man behind the Paddington movies, so we have every right to expect great things from Wonka, and his trademark whimsy has certain certainly been put to good use again. The… read more
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A Final Curtain Call for Caine and Jackson
21st Mar 2024
by David Vass
  Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson bring their considerable acting skills to bear on The Great Escaper, a simple, heart-warming story of a D-day veteran who "escapes" to France to attend the 70th… read more
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Come and see the violence inherent in the system
14th Mar 2024
by David Vass
They say the necessity is the mother of invention, and I doubt there's a better exemplar of the maxim than Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a film that, as the posters said at the… read more
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