Movies
Country: United States of America
The Godfather (50th Anniversary Screening! 2022 Restoration)
We’re gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse…. Above all else, we here at the Rio Theatre are movie lovers. And there’s nothing we love more than seeing some of the all-time classics of cinema on the big screen, just as nature intended. With that in mind,
Galaxy Quest
“By Grabthar’s hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be avenged!” Thanks to hilarious dialogue and stand-out performances from its all-star cast – including Alan Rickman, Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Enrico Colanltoni, Justin Long, and Missi Pyle – sci-fi parody GALAXY QUEST has officially taken
Re-Animator (1985)
Loosely based on a short story by author H.P. Lovecraft, RE-ANIMATOR (1985) is a body horror comedy about a medical college and his girlfriend who become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead people. Friday, June 26 REANIMATOR Doors 11:00 / Movie 11:30 Tickets
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
From noted Dutch filmmaker Tom Six comes the “final sequence” of his landmark body horror trilogy, THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Starring Eric roberts, Robert LaSardo, Bree Olsen, Tom Six, Laurence R. Harvey, Dieter Laser. Wednesday, June 10 Doors 9:00 / Movie 9:30 Tickets $10 in advance / $12 at
Dazed and Confused (30th Anniversary Screening)
Alright, alright, alright! Why go cruising the strip or climbing the moon tower when you could spend it at your favourite indie movie theatre instead? Join us at the Rio Theatre for 30th Anniversary screenings of a slice of cult-classic nostalgia that celebrates the best day of
American Graffiti (50th Anniversary Screening)
Where were you in ’62? On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, friends Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), Steve (Ron Howard), Terry (Charles Martin Smith) and John (Paul Le Mat) cruise the streets of small-town California while a mysterious disc jockey (Wolfman Jack) spins classic rock’n’roll tunes. It’s the last
Wayne’s World 2
To mark our run of the new documentary LIVE FROM NEW YORK (June 15-18), it seemed like an excellent idea to give some screen time to one of the most loved films to come out of a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch, WAYNE’S WORLD. Party on! And then we thought, “let’s
Wayne’s World
“We’re not worthy!” The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 30 with the final title of the summer – and we’re toasting our favourite cable access duo with WAYNE’S WORLD! Mike Myers and Dana Carvey star as Aurora, Illinois’ own Wayne Campbell and Garth
Soaked in Bleach
Benjamin Statler’s SOAKED IN BLEACH examines the events behind Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s death, as seen through the eyes of private investigator Tom Grant. In 1994, Grant was hired by Cobain’s wife Courtney Love to track down her missing husband days before his body was found at their Seattle home.
The Blues Brothers
“They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.” To mark our run of the new documentary LIVE FROM NY! (opening June 15), we thought the time was right to give a little big screen love to one of our favourite (if not the first!) SNL-inspired movies, THE BLUES