Rio Cinema

Membership is free. Members have their membership cards stamped on each visit and get free admittance after every 10 visits and a free poster after every 25 visits. Parents, please note: children under the age of five years must be accompanied by an adult throughout the performance. You are welcome to drop off older children at the start of the film and return to pick them up at the end. Doors open at 10.30am and the FILM starts at 11.00am sharp. The length of the films varies – please check the finish times listed below. Please note: unaccompanied adults will not be admitted.

(US/Germany 2005) dir.Tim Story 105m.
Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans.

Four members of a space station are exposed to a cosmic radiation which transforms their DNA. They soon realise that they’ve gained the ability to transform themselves: Reed can stretch his body like chewing-gum; Susan turns invisible while Johnny becomes a Human Torch and Ben looks like a walking rock with super-human strength. Back on Earth, they use their powers to defeat the plans of megalomaniac Dr. von Doom, who wants to use the properties of the star storm and the powers of the Fantastic Four for his own purposes.

(US 2004) dir.Frederik du Chau 102m.
Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck.

On his way home in the middle of a storm, Nolan Walsh rescues a baby zebra accidentally left behind by a circus and brings him home. His daughter, Channing, finds him so cute that she eventually convinces her dad to keep him. Stripes, as the little zebra is now called, is soon introduced to the rest of the farm dwellers, and settles among the other animals. But he spends his time dreaming of the racetracks on the border of the farm, where prestigious horses train daily. If only he could get on the tracks, he would beat them all. The only problem is that Stripes hasn’t realised yet he’s not a horse.

(UK 2005) dir.Paul Marcus 104m.
Robert Bathurst, Emma Bolger, Geraldine Chaplin, Jessica Claridge, Pauline McLynn, Diana Rigg, Kellie Shirley, Del Synnott, Max von Sydow.

Heidi is taken by her aunt to the Swiss Alps and abandoned there, where she’s to stay with her grumpy Grandfather. This unexpectedly becomes Heidi’s dream life but things are about to change again... when her aunt returns, only to take her away from her Grandpa. Heidi’s taken to Francfurt, where she’ll have to keep company to a young paralysed girl. Don’t miss this new version of the moving classic tale of little orphan Heidi.

(Br 2000) dirs.Peter Lord & Nick Park 83m.
Voices of Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Jane Horrocks.

Ginger (voiced by Sawalha) is determined to break out of the farm, and with the help of Rocky (a cocky rooster, voiced by Gibson) they plan an elaborate and daredevil escape operation.

(UK 1994) dir.Henry Selick 76m.
Voices of Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara.
Jack Skellington decides to bring Christmas to Halloweentown, and so the ghouls start their toy-making but with frightful results!

(US 2005) dirs.Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath 87m.
Voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith.

At New York’s Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe and hippo are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves on a ship en route for the island of Madagascar.

Lonely and bullied at school, Max takes refuge in the imaginary landscape of his toys universe. But things take an incredible turn when Sharkboy and Lavagirl, the teenage superheroes he mentally created, materialise and take him to Planet Drool.

(US 2005) dir.Angela Robinson 101m.
Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, Breckin Meyer, Justin Long, Cheryl Hines.

Herbie is not a pet dog but a good old VW Beetle destined for the scrap heap until Maggie, who dreams of competing in a NASCAR race, buys it. With the help of her best friend, she restores Herbie to its former stockcar racing glory. The fight against arrogant NASCAR champion Trip Murphy is just about to start...

(Br/Fr 2005) dirs.Dave Borthwick & Jean Duval 82m. Animation.
Voices of Robbie Williams, Tom Baker, Ian McKellen, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Lumley, Bill Nighey.

Our friends from the Magic Roundabout are back and still alive! But for how long? The evil ZeeBadDee has frozen the magic roundabout and is threatening to bring the world back to the ice age.

Tue 4 Oct 4.15pm FANTASTIC FOUR (PG)
Tue 11 Oct 4.15pm RACING STRIPES (U)
Tue 18 Oct 4.15pm HEIDI (U)
Tue 1 Nov 4.15pm TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (PG)
Tue 8 Nov 4.15pm MADAGASCAR (U)
Tue 15 Nov 4.15pm THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL IN 3-D (U)
Tue 22 Nov 4.15pm HERBIE: FULLY LOADED (U)
Tue 29 Nov 4.15pm THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (U)

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE (U)
(Japan 2004) dir.Hayao Miyazaki 119m. Animation.
Voices of Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal.

Because of a curse by the Witch of the Waste, 18-year old Sophie finds herself trapped in the body of an old woman. She ends up in the moving castle of the notorious wizard Howl. There, Sophie befriends Calcifier, who’s bound to Howl by a contract he can’t reveal. Meanwhile, Howl also sees through the Witch’s spell. How can Sophie and Calcifier help each other? Another pure delight from the director of SPIRITED AWAY.

TICKETS
£4.50 Under 15s
£5.50 Adults
£4.50 Concessions
£3.00 OAPs (weekdays)

GROUP REDUCTIONS (Weekday Matinees only)
£3.50 10 or more children
+ 1 accompanying adult free with every 10 children

Sat 12 Nov • London Children's Film Festival

THE CRIMSON PIG (U) 1.30

(Japan 1992) dir.Hayao Miyazaki 93m. Animation.
Voices of Michael Keaton, Susan Egan, Brad Garrett.

A beautifully animated story set in Italy in the 1930s, where the greatest fighter ace is... a pig. High above the clouds, he and Donald Curtis, his daredevil arch rival, compete for glory. As you can expect from Miyazaki, the animation is fantastic with an astounding level of detail, especially in the flying sequences. A real treat for the entire family. (Courtesy of Optimum Releasing)

£5.50/£4.50 Concs & Under 15's

RIZE (PG) 3.45

(USA 2005) dir.David LaChapelle 86m. Documentary.

This exciting documentary reveals a groundbreaking dance phenomenon with roots in hip-hop, clowning and youth culture, that's exploding on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. Famed photographer turned director David LaChapelle has taken advantage of unprecedented access, to bring to light a revolutionary form of artistic expression borne from oppression. (Courtesy of Redbus Film Distribution)

£5.50/£4.50 Concs & Under 15's

SAT 19 Nov 1.15

DANIEL AND THE SUPERDOGS (U) 1.15

(Canada 2004) dir.André Mélançon 102m.
Matthew Harbour, Claire Bloom, Annie Bovaird, Dorothée Berryman.

Eleven-year old Daniel is struggling with his grief following a death in the family. Feeling abandoned by his parents, yet supported by his gang of mates, Daniel embarks on training a feisty stray dog to enter the prestigious Superdogs competition. This is a story of friendship and teamwork, and proof of how much one boy and his dog can take on!

SAT 26 Nov 3.45

INNOCENT VOICES (12A) 3.30

(Mexico 2004) dir.Luis Mandoki 110 min. Subtitles.
Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Xuna Primus, Gustavo Muñoz.

Imagine it’s your twelfth birthday – and your first thought is, today I join the army… In the 1980’s, El Salvador saw one of the bitterest civil wars in modern times, in which child soldiers were forcibly conscripted and faced with certain death. Innocent Voices explores this time through the eyes of 11-year-old Chava who tries to come to terms with the dangers around him.

TICKETS

£4.50 Under 15s
£5.50 Adults
£4.50 Concessions