Movies
Country: United States of America
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this. “ Remember the first time a Hollywood movie reboot “ruined childhood?” So do we… Sigh. It was Spring, 2008, and for the fourth time, Harrison Ford strapped on his world-weary fedora as archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones. Though he no longer had
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is
Viva, Las Vegas! The King of Rock n’ Roll, Elvis Presley, shines in the recently restored concert film Elvis: That’s The Way It Is, which is getting the big screen treatment at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, August 11 at 7:00 pm. This 1970 concert documentary captures “The
John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’
This 1982 remake of Howard Hawke’s 1951 classic is a bleak, tense and frightening sci-fi thriller that delivers some truly memorable practical and makeup effects, in addition to Kurt Russell‘s pitch-perfect performance. THE THING is an ice-cold white-knuckle chiller about about scientists in the Antarctic who are confronted
John Carpenter’s ‘Escape from New York’ (4K Restoration)
In celebration of John Carpenter‘s 1976 gritty action thriller ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 getting the 4K Restoration treatment, we thought we’d also give it the double bill treatment with another Carpenter classic that his fans can’t get enough of – ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK! See one, or see
Big Trouble in Little China
“It’s all in the reflexes…” The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues with John Carpenter‘s insanely fun and totally 80s martial arts-filled action fantasy BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. Don’t forget to come wearing your tank top tucked into your jeans with no belt. Carpenter’s “muse”
The Last Starfighter (Storm Crow Sunday!)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a special presentation of cult 80s sci-fi adventure classic The Last Starfighter, presented in partnership with our friends at Storm Crow Tavern on Commercial Drive and the brand-new Storm Crow Alehouse on Broadway. (What does this mean? Here’s what
Swingers
“You’re so money and you don’t even know it!” Listen up, beautiful babies: Back in the mid-90s, the dating scene was different, you dig? There was no internet, there were no cellphones (*unless you were Gordon Gecko, maybe?), and there was definitely no swiping left or right if
The Goonies (40th Anniversary Screening)
“Hey you guu-uuys!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a 40th Anniversary family-friendly screening of what is – hands down – one of the all time most-requested titles we get, director Richard Donner‘s THE GOONIES. Written by Chris Columbus from a story by the film’s producer Steven Spielberg,
De Palma
One of the most talented, influential, and iconoclastic filmmakers of all time, Brian De Palma‘s career started in the 60s and has included such acclaimed and diverse films as Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Scarface, The Untouchables, Carlito’s Way, and Mission: Impossible. In this lively, illuminating and unexpectedly moving
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Raiders. Temple. Crusade. All Indiana. All Night Long. Join us at the Rio Theatre for the ultimate big screen movie adventure marathon: Steven Spielberg’s monumentally awesome Indiana Jones series. Think Harrison Ford, snakes, whips, numerous Nazis, numerous Nazis getting punched, monkey brains, and more… All night