Doug Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) seems to have it pretty good in 2084 A.D. A heavily muscled construction worker, he boasts a beautiful wife, Lori (Sharon Stone), good friends, and a technologically advanced home featuring video phones and even video walls. But he is haunted by dreams of a mysterious brunette woman and the red wastelands … Read more
We’re paying tribute to the late, great Val Kilmer by dimming the lights and firing up the projector with a Friday Late Night Movie tribute screening of one of his most memorable roles (and one of the Rio Theatre’s most requested cult-classic films), in the TOP SECRET! Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels … Read more
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized … Read more
“Talk to me, Goose.” Get ready to bringing back that loving feeling (or maybe take your breath away) at the Rio Theatre for a Friday Late Night Movie screening of one of the 80’s most iconic blockbusters: TOP GUN. We feel the need… for speed! Tony Scott‘s 1986 blockbuster TOP GUN made an even bigger … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre as we raise a glass and toast the late, great, Toni Morrison, with a screening of the 2019 documentary TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM for a final, encore screening on Saturday, September 7. TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life … Read more
Germany’s Best Foreign Language nominee in this year’s Oscar race, TONI ERDMANN, is a one-of-a-kind father-daughter story that hits all the right notes – raw, painful, awkward, and laugh-out-loud funny – and is one of 2016’s the most memorable films. The Germans are funny? It turns out they are, and the long-awaited third film from … Read more
“See me, Feel me, Touch me, Heal me…” In 1975, filmmaker Ken Russell and iconic Brit rockers The Who brought the band’s classic 1969 concept album TOMMY to life with the release of the eponymous psychedelic musical fantasy drama, which, in addition to the band, boasted an outstanding, star-studded ensemble including Ann-Margret, Tina Turner (who burns up … Read more
The legendary “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” that took place in 1881 is firmly rooted in American mythology and the imagination of movie-lovers since the dawn of cinema, inspiring countless films within the Western genre. The event and its prime characters supply the basis for George Cosmatos‘ (RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD, LEVIATHAN, COBRA) star-studded and action-packed 1993 … Read more
Winner of the 2021 SXSW Audience Award, TOM PETTY, SOMEWHERE YOU FEEL FREE: THE MAKING OF WILDFLOWERS offers a unique take on the Petty legacy, diving deep into a condensed period of creativity and freedom for the legendary rock star. Capturing the period of 1993-1995, during which he created his seminal and most emotionally raw album … Read more
TOKYO GODFATHERS, the acclaimed holiday classic from master director Satoshi Kon (PAPRIKA, PERFECT BLUE), returns to theaters in a brand-new, 4K restoration. In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people’s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches, these three forgotten members … Read more
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