Movies
Film Rating: PG-13
Rental Family
Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Oscar winner Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine
Rebel Without a Cause
“If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and I didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?”Though he died before the film’s release, actor James Dean’s tragically short yet utterly remarkable career is
Reality Bites (20th Anniversary Screening!)
“Évian is ‘naïve’ spelled backward.” In the 25 years (!) since its release, director Ben Stiller‘s Gen-X-flavoured romantic comedy REALITY BITES has taken on a life of its own and become a beloved cult-classic touchstone/time capsule for anyone who came of age (or, didn’t) during the 1990’s. Infinitely quotable and
Ready Player One (2D)
Iconic director Steven Spielberg unabashedly embraces 80s nostalgia in the eye popping sci-fi adventure READY PLAYER ONE, adapted from Ernest Cline’s (he also co-wrote the screenplay) 2011 novel of the same name. In the year 2045, people can escape their harsh reality in the OASIS, an immersive virtual world where you
Pretty in Pink
“BLANE?! That’s a major appliance! That’s not a name.” Team 80’s is up to bat and the Rio Theatre is bringing in heavy hitter, PRETTY IN PINK, starring 80’s Brat Pack icons Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, and Jon Cryer. (The jury’s still out on whether James Spader makes
Pootie Tang
Sa. Da. Tay. Written and directed by comic Louis C.K., the character of Pootie Tang first appeared in a sketch on HBO’s “The Chris Rock Show” before being adapted into the (now) cult-classic comedy POOTIE TANG, which is getting the Friday Late Night Movie treatment on April 15. This hilaroius
Police Story 2
Jackie Chan followed up the massive success of POLICE STORY with an even bigger box-office hit. Having been demoted to a lowly traffic cop for his, ahem, unorthodox policing methods, Chan’s go-it-alone officer Ka-Kui quits the force in protest. But it isn’t long before he’s back in action, racing the
Police Story
The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy, a smash hit that made him a worldwide icon of daredevil action spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-Kui, a Hong Kong police inspector who goes rogue to bring down a drug kingpin and protect
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Get Pitch slapped. We know you’re anticipating the release of PITCH PERFECT 2 as much as we are, so we’re gonna have a Friday prime time screening of the original to help get you in the mood. Busting out your best Bella moves and singing along is highly encouraged. All
Past Lives
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront