“Sorry boss, but there’s only two men I trust. One of them’s me. The other’s not you.” Just-paroled army ranger Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is headed back to his wife (Monica Potter), but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed “Jailbird” with some of the worst criminals living. Along with Diamond Dog (Ving … Read more
“I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I’m very hungry!” It’s summer, people! And that means… We fight for love, and we’re going COMMANDO to do it. In this classic slice of 80’s action-movie goodness, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force – and he … Read more
Soon to be cult-hit COLOSSAL is Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo at his visionary best in a genre defying mash-up that’s equal parts sci-fi “kaiju” monster movie and metaphor-laden revenge-fueled romantic(?) drama. Anne Hathaway stars as Gloria, a woman whose life falls apart when her alcoholism and party-girl tendencies get her fired and kicked out of … Read more
On a frozen highway in the remote Canadian North, an Indigenous woman and her dog are hunted by a stranger in a semi truck. Tracy (Roseanne Supernault) is on a 12 hour road trip with her dog Pretzel, trying to get home before her mom passes into the spirit world. Each mile takes her further … Read more
The Rio’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on May 31 with Sylvester Stallone in the ultra-violent (yet deliciously cheesey) 1986 crime thriller COBRA. “It is such an exercise in pure unchecked and misplaced testosterone run amuck… that it exerts strange but undeniable fascination.” (The Spool) Bonus Points: COBRA was featured in an episode of … Read more
From filmmaker Alex Garland (EX MACHINA, ANNIHILATION) comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House. With Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons. “In a way, you can understand the … Read more
In the Rio Theatre ongoing SUMMER MOVIE BATTLE, Team 80’s brought us the ‘Brat Pack’ while Team Y2K kicked, chopped and stunted it’s way into the new millennium with girl power, fun flicks like CHARLIE’S ANGELS. Natalie Cook (Cameron Diaz), Dylan Sanders (Drew Barrymore), and Alex Munday (Lucy Liu) are the “Angels,” three talented, tough, … Read more
Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she’s resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat — and she’s eager to use her new skills … as a vigilante. Before you can say “cat and mouse,” handsome gumshoe Tom Lone is on her tail.
There is no better way to appreciate the magic of Studio Ghibli than on the big screen! CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986) is an early masterpiece of storytelling and filmmaking whose imaginative and ornately detailed vision presaged later films like PRINCESS MONONOKE and SPIRITED AWAY. Set in the 19th century, CASTLE IN THE SKY follows … Read more
Pongal 2024 is coming to the Rio Theatre! The Tamil-language action-adventure CAPTAIN MILLER, is having its Vancouver Premiere at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, January 10. The historical epic fantasy stars Dhanush as a renegade Captain whose unconventional outlaws execute daring heists in the 1930s and 1940s. Miller must decide whether to continue running or … Read more
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