“How dare you use the voice on me!” Director Denis Villeneuve‘s (BLADE RUNNER 2049, ARRIVAL, INCENDIES) highly lauded, feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic science fiction novel, “Dune.” A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, DUNE tells the story of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond … Read more
Nobody does it better. Join us at the Rio Theatre for James Bond Week, featuring digitally remastered screenings of MOONRAKER, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, DR. NO, and GOLDFINGER. Thursday, July 9 Dr No Movie: 9:00pm Advance tickets available HERE Tickets $10 advance / $12 door *Advance tickets to all … Read more
We are proud to announce an amazing and long-awaited event, 25 years in the making. In 1999, our pal Kevin Smith and some friends released DOGMA to the masses, which has become a grade-A cult classic over the years. The film has been stuck in limbo due to rights issues, but last year, those rights have now … Read more
Tanjirō Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar’s head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyōjurō Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and … Read more
“He got a real purty mouth.” Adapted from James Dickey‘s bestselling novel ‘Deliverance,’ director John Boorman crafted one of the era’s most singularly affecting and definitive films. Re-imagining the “man vs. nature” trope into one of “man vs. man’s nature” he expertly and powerfully contrasted the quiet moments to be had in the natural world … Read more
The Kingdom of Abraxeon has fallen under siege by the Dreadites, a scourge of bloodthirsty demonic warriors said to herald the return of the sinister, ancient sorcerer Nekromemnon. The titular Deathstalker (martial artist and legendary stuntman Daniel Bernhardt) is a lone wolf who survives by scavenging the corpses strewn about the battlefields. After recovering a … Read more
“He who controls the Spice, controls the universe!” The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on April 26 with David Lynch‘s notoriously polarizing 1984 oddity, DUNE. Based on Frank Herbert‘s epic novel, the story was famously deemed “unadaptable” for years before Lynch’s infamous foray. Mocked by some and genuinely revered by others, Lynch’s … Read more
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
Set against 19th-century China’s breathtaking landscape, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON is the action-packed, box office “wuxia” blockbuster from acclaimed director Ang Lee (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, SENSE & SENSIBILITY). Released in 2000, the film was an overwhelming critical and commercial success that was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and winning three – at the time, it received … Read more
In this classic Universal monster movie (originally released in 3D), a scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River discover a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, but it breaks free. The Gill-Man returns to kidnap the lovely Kay, fiancée of one of the expedition, with whom … Read more
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