Eight strangers. One deadly connection. Join us at the Rio Theatre for director Quentin Tarantino’s eighth feature film THE HATEFUL EIGHT, opening on Friday, January 8. Tarantino has assembled a star-studded cast for his latest epic, including regulars like Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, and Michael Madsen as well as Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, … Read more
At long last, Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation returns to the Rio Theatre – just in time for the Holidays! Get your stocking stuffed with a very special Sick & Twisted Christmas Show featuring some filthy old seasonal chestnuts and a few new nuggets of wicked goodness thrown in for good measure. Tues, Dec … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre December 1st 6:30pm for this special screening of Thina Sobabili: The Two Of Us Tuesday, December 1 Doors 6:00pm | Movie 6:30pm Tickets $10 in advance / $12 at the door Advance tickets available HERE *Must be 19+ w/ID for entry **Groupons and passes not accepted for this screening, we … Read more
“That’s just, like, your opinion, man.” In 1998, the Coen brothers delivered THE BIG LEBOWSKI into the movie universe, and we’ve all been collectively quoting it ever since. THE BIG LEBOWSKI has really grown into its status as a true “cult classic.” A quirky, quasi-neo-noir story, truly glorious visual sequences, some hilarious dialogue and standout … Read more
“Zed’s Dead.” Quentin Tarantino’s endlessly stylish, non-linear and infinitely quotable PULP FICTION is a modern masterpiece, featuring a killer soundtrack and an all-star cast whose characters have become practically ingrained into contemporary culture. I mean, who doesn’t love a Big Kahuna Burger or a $5 milkshake? The film is one of, if not the, definitive … Read more
“We are Sex Bob-Omb and we are here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff.” Produced, directed, and co-written by Edgar Wright (SHAUN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ, THE WORLD’S END) and based on the cult graphic novel series ‘Scott Pilgrim’ by Bryan Lee O’Malley, SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD is … Read more
“I just like to smile! Smiling’s my favorite.” Make merry-merry with a special Buddy’s Singlaong screening of the adorably hilarious and utterly charming modern Christmas classic, ELF. Will Ferrell stars as one of Santa’s best helpers, a human named Buddy who heads home to New York City in search of his roots. Also starring the … Read more
My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Join us at the Rio Theatre as we pay tribute to the late, great filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner by dimming the lights and firing up the projector for a screening of The Princess Bride. Based on Goldman‘s 1973 novel of the same name, Rob Reiner‘s … Read more
Eight Mexican directors unite to bring tales of the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends to vividly shocking life. MEXICO BARBARO presents haunting stories that have been woven into the fabric of a nation’s culture, some passed down through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Stories of boogeymen, trolls, ghosts, monsters, … Read more
Soundly constructed, briskly paced and, in the end, affectingly wistful. – Variety Filmmaker Colin Hanks spent seven years working on this nostalgic tale of the rise and fall of the once-behemoth Tower Records—which started in the back of a Sacramento family drugstore and became an international retail powerhouse before it collapsed in 2006. It’s an … Read more
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