The Rio offers specially priced tickets – £1.50 children and £2.50 accompanying adults – for the Saturday Morning Picture Club and Tuesday afternoon Playcentre Matinees, to help children to enjoy great films at an affordable price.

RIO Saturday
Morning Picture Club

Sponsored by Hackney Gazette
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.

SAT 3 Oct 11.00am

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC (PG)

(US/Canada 2009) dir. John Schultz 86m.
Carter Jenkins, Austi Butler, Ashley Tisdale, Ashley Boettcher.

When the Pearson family decide to take a well-earned break at their holiday home they didn't expect visitors. But while the parents remain oblivious downstairs, their kids are upstairs protecting the house from some uninvited guests – Aliens! Laugh-out-loud fun.

Approx end 12.30pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Adults

SAT 10 Oct 11.00am

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 (PG)

(US/Canada 2009) dir. Shawn Levy 105m.
Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson.

Bringing to life the world’s largest museum complex, hapless security guard Larry Daley is back and this time he’s infiltrated the Smithsonian. Featuring some of history’s most colourful characters, from Amelia Earhart to Al Capone, this sequel looks set to surpass the first worldwide hit!

Approx end 12.50pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Adults

SAT 17 Oct 11.00am

SHORTS (PG)

(US/United Arab Emirates 2009) dir. Robert Rodriguez 89m. Digital.
Jimmy Bennet, Kat Dennings, Jake Short, William H. Macy.

When Toe Thompson finds a magical, wish-granting rock, his discovery causes turmoil in his small surburban home town, as children and adults alike set out to get their hands on it. Can Toe protect the rock and its secrets? From the makers of SPY KIDS.

Approx end 12.35pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Adults

SAT 24 Oct 11.00am

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS (PG)

(UK 1986) dir. Jimmy T Murakami 84m.
Voices of John Mills, Peggy Ashcroft.

Animation based on Raymond Briggs's classic comic cartoon book of the same name. It follows Jim and Hilda, a typical retired couple, as they deal with the effects of a nuclear attack during the Third World War and discover it's nothing like the first two. The title song is by David Bowie.

Approx end 12.25pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Adults

SAT 31 Oct 11.00am

THE WITCHES (PG) Halloween special!

(UK 1989) dir. Nicolas Roeg. 91m. Digital.
Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher.

Delightful, exciting and funny adaptation from the Roald Dahl story, in which Luke and his Norwegian grandmother find themselves sharing a seaside hotel with a witches coven – and discover their evil plot. Will they be able to stop the witches from turning all of England’s children into mice?

Approx end 12.35pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Adults

SAT 7 Nov 11.00am

ICE AGE 3 – DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (U)

(US 2009) dir. Carlos Saldanha 94m. Digital.
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, Queen Latifah, Sean William Scott.

All the gang are back, along with some new characters, as the popular series enters the age of the dinosaurs! Our friends have moved on and started families, and Sid wants to join in. Trouble starts when he steals three unhatched dinosaur eggs – upsetting one very large, protective mother dinosaur in the process... excellent animated fun!

Approx end 12.40pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Adults

SAT 14 Nov 11.00am

BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA (U)

(US 2008) dir. Raja Gosnell 91m.
Piper Pebero, Jamie Lee Curtis & voices of Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, George Lopez.

A fun-packed doggy tale as, through a series of unfortunate events, a pampered Beverley Hills Chihuahua winds up stranded in Mexico. Alone and out of her depth, she is forced to survive on the unfamiliar streets, learning a few lessons as she tries to find a way back to her more luxurious lifestyle.

Approx end 12.35pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Adults

SAT 21 Nov 11.00am

BANDSLAM (PG)

(US 2009) dir. Todd Graff 111m.
Aly Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Gaelan Connell, Lisa Kudrow.

New kid in town Will, with the help of like-minded outsider Sa5m (the 5 is silent) and popular girl Charlotte, assemble a fledgling rock band – determined to compete against the best in the biggest event of the year – the Battle of the Bands!

Approx end 12.55pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Adults

SAT 28 Nov 11.00am

G-FORCE (PG)

(US 2009) dir. Hoyt Yeatman 88m. Digital.
Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi.

'G' is for guinea pig and 'The G-Force' are a team of superspy, secret agent guinea pigs intent on stopping evil billionaire Saber in his determined efforts to conquer the earth. There's seldom a dull moment in this explosive, action-packed, anamatronic adventure. Oh, and the really scary villain is not Saber, but a coffee machine!

Approx end 12.35pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Adults

PLAYCENTRE MATINEES

Tue 6 Oct 4.00pm – ALIENS IN THE ATTIC (PG)
Tue 13 Oct 4.00pm – NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 (PG)
Tue 20 Oct 4.00pm – SHORTS (PG)
Tue 27 Oct 4.00pm – No Playcentre Matinee
Tue 3 Nov 4.00pm – THE WITCHES (PG)
Tue 10 Nov 4.00pm – ICE AGE 3 (U)
Tue 17 Nov 4.00pm – BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA (U)
Tue 24 Nov 4.00pm – BANDSLAM (PG)
Tue 1 Dec 4.00pm – G-FORCE (PG)

TICKETS
£1.50 Children
£2.50 Accompanying adults

HALF TERM MATINEES

SAT 24 – FRI 30 Oct 1.15 daily (not Sun)
& SAT 31 Oct 2.00

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (PG)

(US 2009) dirs. Phil Lord & Chris Miller 90m.
Voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Andy Samberg, Mr T, James Caan, Bruce Campbell.

On an Atlantic island entirely dependent on a diet of sardines, young Flint invents a machine that can convert ordinary water into any food on Earth – with a preference for such treats as hamburgers, ice cream and jellybeans! But problems begin when the machine runs out of control, covering the town in non-stop edible surprises... It's a mouth-wateringly, magnificently different animated treat!

TICKETS
£5 – Under 15s
£6 – Adults
£5 – Concessions
£3.50 – OAPs (weekdays)

GROUP REDUCTIONS (weekday matinees only)
£4 – 10 or more children + 1 accompanying adult free with every 10 children

SPECIAL EVENTS

SAT 21 Nov

LILLI THE WITCH (PG) 1.30

(Germany 2009) dir. Stefan Ruzowtzky 89m. Subtitles

Surulunda, a good witch, sends her assistant Hektor (a little dragon) on a mission to find someone to carry on her legacy and to guard her book of spells. Enter Lilli, a feisty girl who has a lot to learn about magic! Prepare to be spellbound!
£3 Children/£4 Adults

SAT 28 Nov

JASPER: JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD (U) 1.30

(Germany 2009) dirs. Eckart Finberg & Kay Delventhal 80m. Dubbed

The South Pole is full of penguins that think the world is flat! Unconvinced by this, Jasper is thrilled when a colourful parrot finds himself stranded in the freezing cold. Where has he come from? Curiosity gets the better of him and soon he’s on a cruise ship adventure that’s great fun and too cute for words!

+ Free puppet-making activity after film

£3 Children/£4 Adults