Details: Join us at the Rio Theatre on January 21 and January 22 for a weekend-long HARRY POTTERTHON! Muggles of all ages welcome in the balcony, and audience costumes are both welcome and encouraged. Get ready for trivia, costumes, drink specials, and some magical surprises! On January 21 we’ll be screening Harry Potter films 1-4, … Read more
Released in 2001, the first cinematic adaptation of of JK Rowling’s earth-shifting Harry Potter series made instant stars out of its young stars, including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. Radcliffe stars as the fabled eleven-year-old orphan who discovers that he is a wizard, and is invited to study at the mythical Hogwarts School … Read more
Ground control to Major Tom… Though frequently enjoyed alone, in the dark, with headphones, David Bowie‘s transformational concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars may actually best be enjoyed in the dark… and on the big screen, with even bigger sound. Released theatrically in 1973 and recently remastered, … Read more
NERDLAND is the story of two best friends, aspiring screenwriter ELLIOT and aspiring actor JOHN, whose dreams of super-stardom have fizzled. With their 30th birthdays looming and their desperation growing, John and Elliot decide that in this 24/7, celebrity-obsessed world of over-shared navel-gazing, there are more ways to become famous — or infamous — then … Read more
In a role that seems tailor-made just for him, Keanu Reeves dazzles in JOHN WICK, a stylishly supercharged, neo-noir action thriller that grew into its surprise cult-status thanks, in large part, to Reeves’ phenomenal performance as a hitman who comes out of retirement to exact some serious vengeance in a fantasy-fueled version of New York … 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
Russ Meyer‘s “turbo-charged” exploitative skin-flick and “ode to the violence in women” FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! is one of the all-time classic late night movie titles – a deliciously subversive mix of sex, action, and cheese – which makes it purrrrfect for a Friday Late Night Movie viewing at the Rio Theatre on Friday, August … Read more
BIRDEMIC. “Birdemic” is a portemanteau, combining the words “bird” and “epidemic.” This, in a nutshell, is all you need to know about the 2010 “horror” film BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR. Anything else you need to know about (other than writer-director-producer James Nguyen‘s ornithological nightmare, widely regarded as one of the worst films ever made, was … Read more
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