The Time Bomb: Vancouver Premiere

Usually a skate video consists of one skate team, or one group of buds. It’s pretty rare to see a full skate video that consists of guys from across an entire country. The Timebomb Video features all of Timebomb Trading’s skate teams from the east to west coast of Canada. The Vancouver Premier for THE … Read more

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series kicks off October with one of our all-time favourites is the canon of classic midnighters: Tobe Hooper‘s iconic 1974 slasher masterpiece, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (gore-geously remastered in 2014!). Just as Alfred Hitchcock‘s PSYCHO was based on the life of deeply disturbed farmer Ed Gein, so is … Read more

The Terminator

He’s back… And looking better than ever! Join us at the Rio Theatre for of one of our all-time favourite double bills, James Cameron‘s original 1984 dystopian masterpiece THE TERMINATOR followed by its 1991 sequel, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY. Join us at the Rio Theatre for one of the most requested dystopian double header blockbusters … Read more

The Ten Commandments

Charlton Heston leads an all-star cast in one of Hollywood’s greatest “golden age” biblical epics – and legendary director Cecil B. DeMille‘s final film – THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. A landmark title even upon release in 1956, it was the most expensive cinematic extravaganza ever made at the time; it won seven Oscars (including Best Picture) … Read more

The Teachers’ Lounge

When Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school in Germany, she stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the … Read more

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Legendary Studio Ghibli co-founder and master storyteller Isao Takahata (GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, POM POKO) revisits Japan’s most famous folktale in this gorgeous, hand-drawn masterwork, decades in the making. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The … Read more

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Back by popular demand! We are holding over THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA on Sunday, May 17th This film will be screened in the original Japanese with English subtitles. THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA Sunday, May 17 Doors 2:30 / Movie 3:00 Single ticket $10 HERE / $12 door All ages welcome! Must be … Read more

The Sweet Hereafter (Canadian Film Week Screening!)

The Rio Theatre concludes #CanadianFilmWeek with one of the most honoured Canadian films of all time, Atom Egoyan’s 1997 drama THE SWEET HEREAFTER. Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes and nominated for 16 Genie Awards (it won eight – including Best Picture, Director and Actor), Egoyan’s masterful adaptation of a novel by Russell Banks … Read more

The Sweet East

From acclaimed cinematographer-turned-director Sean Price Williams comes THE SWEET EAST, a picaresque journey through the U.S Eastern Seaboard undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina who gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C. Separated from her schoolmates, she embarks on a fractured fairy tale … Read more

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

With help from Princess Peach, Mario gets ready to square off against the all-powerful Bowser to stop his plans from conquering the world. Featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Charlie Day, Kevin Michael Richardson. “… a godsend for parents seeking family entertainment for the 5-year-old in all of us.” (ABC News) … Read more