CANDiLAND – Canadian Premiere with Filmmakers including writer-director Rusty Nixon, actors Chelah Horsdal and James Clayton and Elizabeth Engstrom (novelist). Friday, February 3rd Doors: 8:00 pm | Screening 8:30 pm Tickets $10 advance HERE | $12 at the door *Must be 19+ w/ID for entry and bar service. **Sorry, no Groupons or passes accepted for this … Read more
Gary Oldman is spellbinding in his breakthrough performance as Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in Alex Cox‘s landmark look at one of the most notoriously dysfunctional (not to mention tragic) takes on one of rock ‘n roll’s most well known love stories, SID & NANCY. Borderline Shakespearean in its arc, the film follows the breakout success … Read more
Acclaimed Chilean director Pablo Larrain has done extremely well of late with two widely acclaimed and high-profile biopics this year; NERUDA and JACKIE (starring Natalie Portman). Recently nominated for a Golden Globe (Best Foreign Film) and Chile’s entry in the same category for this year’s Academy Awards, NERUDA stars Gael Garcia Bernal as an inspector … Read more
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. EVANGELION: 1.11 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE is remake of the first six episodes of GAINAX’s famous 1996 anime series. … Read more
“There’s a whole ocean of oil under our feet… No one can get at it, except for me!” Loosely based on Upton Sinclair‘s novel Oil! is writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s utterly magnificent epic THERE WILL BE BLOOD, starring Daniel Day-Lewis (in an Oscar-winning performance) as a ruthless oil prospector, is as much a historical drama … Read more
Welcome to Westworld, where nothing can go wrong…go wrong…go wrong…. In the wake of the enormous success of the TV series ‘Westworld,’ we have been absolutely inundated with requests to screen the original sci-fi classic upon which it is based – and we’re doing just that on Wednesday, January 4! Yul Brenner, James Brolin and … Read more
Canadian director Denis Villeneuve (INCENDIES, SICARIO, the upcoming BLADE RUNNER 2049) delivers yet another hit with sci-fi fantasy thriller ARRIVAL, one of 2016’s most lauded titles – and a possible career high for Amy Adams, who has been nominated for both Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards for her performance. Adams plays linguistics professor … Read more
“Shut up and deal.” In 1960, iconic filmmaker Billy Wilder (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, SUNSET BOULEVARD, SOME LIKE IT HOT, SABRINA, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH) became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director and screenwriter for the same movie. That movie was THE APARTMENT, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. A critical and … Read more
Yo, Adrian! Join us at the Rio Theatre for a Boxing Day movie marathon that is literally a day of boxing – we’re talkng Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rocky Balboa, from the original Oscar-winner ROCKY (1976), to Mr. T, to Dolph Lundgren. See one, or see ’em all! *Please note: Because this is a movie marathon, … Read more
Yo, Adrian! Join us at the Rio Theatre for a Boxing Day movie marathon that is literally a day of boxing – we’re talkng Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rocky Balboa, from the original Oscar-winner ROCKY (1976), to Mr. T, to Dolph Lundgren. See one, or see ’em all! *Please note: Because this is a movie marathon, … Read more
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