Since our Wednesday, May 6 double bill featuring Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO (1988) and Isao Takahata’s hauntingly beautiful GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988) almost *sold out,* we decided to add more screenings of these two titles on Sunday, May 10. Even better: We’re bringing PRINCESS MONONOKE back, too. All films will be screened … Read more
Who has the power? I HAVE THE POWER! Join the Gentlemen Hecklers as they explain He-Man, Skeletor, and the Legend of Greyskull (in its entirety) in the most swingin’ cosmic-key party this side of Eternia! The Hecklers are taking on MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (yes, the one with Dolph Lundgren and Frank Langella from 1987). … Read more
Something has arrived. … And something will survive. Join us at the Rio Theatre for a Friday prime time double bill of Steven Spielberg’s JURASSIC PARK + JURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD on Friday, May 8 Friday, May 8 JURASSIC PARK Movie 9:15 JURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD Movie 11:30 Single film $6 advance www.riotheatretickets.ca … Read more
“Remember, where you’re going, there are no roads.” Great Scott! We thought the time was right to to go back, way back, to 1985… And revisit Robert Zemeckis‘ original 80s classic, BACK TO THE FUTURE. But we’re not just screening the original BACK TO THE FUTURE… We’re (finally, after countless audience requests!) doing a marathon … Read more
“You built a time machine…. Out of a DeLorean?” Great Scott! We thought the time was right to to go back, way back, to 1985… And revisit Robert Zemeckis‘ original 80s classic, BACK TO THE FUTURE. But we’re not just screening the original BACK TO THE FUTURE… We’re also keeping it ramped at 88 and … Read more
“Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me that you built a time machine… Out of a DeLorean?” Great Scott! We’re going back in time as part of our series of classics this summer, with a screening of Robert Zemeckis‘ iconic BACK TO THE FUTURE (which is – hands down – … Read more
“There’s never been a film like ROAR – and there never will be again!” 11 years, many millions and many real-life APOCALYPSE NOW-style tragedies in the making, this maniacal, well-meaning fever dream / career-derailing utopian social experiment / animal-attack crucible stars spouses Tippi Hedren (THE BIRDS) and Noel Marshall (Executive Producer of THE EXORCIST), their … Read more
Remember the time that Kevin Bacon, Reba McEntire (!?) and the Dad from Family Ties were in a scary movie together about strange seismic activity and weirdo underground wormy creatures that killed people in their small town…? Of course you do! Because that movie was TREMORS, it’s awesome, and it’s making an appearance on our … Read more
“KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!” Logically, the Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues to boldly go where no other late night movie series goes with a STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN on August 8. As Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) monitor trainees at Starfleet Academy, another vessel from the United … Read more
There is no better way to appreciate the magic of Studio Ghibli than on the big screen! In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Studio Ghibli, GKIDS presents Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki’s epic, hand-drawn fantasy masterpiece PRINCESS MONONOKE in a brand new restoration. Almost thirty years after its release in 1997, PRINCESS MONONOKE – replete with … Read more
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