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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (4K Restoration)

Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef star in Sergio Leone’s masterpiece, a “spaghetti Western” that is generally considered to be the most influential (if not thoroughly entertaining!) in the genre. Set in a mythologized “old West” during the Civil War, the film follows Joe (Eastwood) and a Mexican

The Gentlemen Hecklers Presents: Flatliners (1990)

Come see folks who wrote jokes for Netflix‘s latest season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 provide live, hilarious commentary for some early-90s sci-fi with Joel Schumacher‘s FLATLINERS. Let The Gentlemen Hecklers provide you with their unique brand of live, hilarious commentary – for the best cheesy movies! Eric Fell, Patrick

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: The Running Man (1987)

The Gentlemen Hecklers return to the Rio Theatre on Thursday, March 16 with another fine feature from the Arnold Schwarzenegger canon, THE RUNNING MAN. Schwarzenegger is reunited with his PREDATOR costar Jesse Ventura in this adaptation of Stephen King‘s dystopian, sci-fi novel (set in an authoritarian USA in, ummm, 2017)

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: The Room

“Oh, hai Mark!” Vancouver’s masters of movie-riffing, The Gentlemen Hecklers, are taking on their biggest challenge yet: Tommy Wiseau‘s epic, pop-culture masterpiece, THE ROOM. This legendary stinker is easily the Rio Theatre audiences’ all-time, hands-down forever favourite “so bad, it’s good” movie, our collective guiltiest cinematic pleasure, the

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: The Happening (2008)

Come see folks who wrote jokes for Netflix’s latest season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 provide live, hilarious commentary for modern-day auteur M. Night Shyamalan‘s (whose work is always appreciated by The Gentlemen Hecklers) criminally under-seen chestnut from 2008, THE HAPPENING. Let The Gentlemen Hecklers provide you

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Starship Troopers (97)

“The only good bug, is a dead bug.” Inexplicably, Paul Verhoeven‘s 1997 work of futuretastic sci-fi fantasy, STARSHIP TROOPERS – a movie about humans in a fascistic, militaristic future doing battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival – has become a cult-favourite. This means that it is

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Road House

Join The Gentlemen Hecklers as they tell you everything you need to know about the brilliant (or brilliantly bad) ROAD HOUSE, starring Patrick Swayze as, “a tough bouncer hired to tame a dirty bar.” Yes, please! Also starring Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, and… Jeff Healey?! Wednesday, March 13 Doors

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Predator (87)

The Gentlemen Hecklers are celebrating seven high-larious years of riffing cinema’s best, worst, and string-cheesiest titles on Wednesday, September 11 with a special anniversary show featuring one of the 80s biggest and baddest (in a good way) sci-fi action horror thrillers (it really does have everything): PREDATOR!

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Johnny Mnemonic

Come see folks who wrote jokes for Mystery Science Theater 3000 provide live, hilarious commentary for the best bad movies! On Wednesday August 8, Vancouver’s favorite movie riffers The Gentlemen Hecklers (comedians Eric Fell and Gina Harms, joined by special guest riffer Mister Nickel) are set to crack wise at

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf!

Come see folks who wrote jokes for Mystery Science Theater 3000 provide live, hilarious commentary for the best bad movies! On Tuesday, October 23, Vancouver’s favorite movie riffers The Gentlemen Hecklers (comedians Eric Fell and Patrick Maliha, joined by special guest riffer K.C. Novak) are set to crack

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

Phone: 604.879.3456

Info Line: 604.878.3456

Email: info@riotheatre.ca

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