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.

Sat 7 Jun 11.00am

THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (PG)

(US 2007) dir. David Silverman 87m.
Voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.

The feature film based on the hit TV series in its Picture Club premiere! Homer gets himself into some serious trouble, and has to save the world from a catastrophe that he himself created. This is a hilarious adventure with all your favourite characters, so make a special visit to Springfield for the must-see movie of the year.

Approx end 12.35pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 14 Jun 11.00am

SPEED RACER (PG)

(US 2008) dirs. Andy & Larry Wachowski 135m.
Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman.

Young Speed Racer is determined to win the big car racing rally, the race that took the life of his elder brother. But when he turns down the offer to race for Royalton Industries, Speed finds himself fighting for not only the championship but for his family's survival.

Approx end 1.20pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 21 Jun 11.00am

MEE-SHEE THE WATER GIANT (PG)

(US 2005) dir. John Henderson 94m.
Bruce Greenwood, Daniel Magder, Joel Tobeck.

Ten-year-old Mac is devastated when his scientist dad cancels their holiday and instead takes him along on a work trip to Canada. But summer gets a lot more exciting when Mac discovers a mythical creature living deep inside an ancient lake - and the creature needs his help... this family adventure is full of brilliant special effects courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Approx end 12.40pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 28 Jun 11.00am

NIM’S ISLAND (U)

(US 2008) dir. Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin 96m.
Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler.

Nim lives on an isolated island with her father, where her imagination often takes over reality. When her father goes missing it will take this imagination to conjure up the action-adventure star of her favorite novels to undertake a major rescue operation!

Approx end 12.40pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 5 Jul 11.00am

SURF’S UP (PG)

(US 2007) dirs. Ash Brannon & Chris Buck 85m.
Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder.

I bet you didn’t know that surfing was invented by penguins? Well that’s what this film claims anyway! In the film, a documentary crew take audiences behind the scenes and onto the waves during the most competitive, heartbreaking and dangerous displa known to man: the Penguin World Surfing Championship. Fast-moving, colourful and funny!

Approx end 12.30pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 12 Jul 11.00am

HORTON HEARS A WHO! (U)

(US 2008) dirs. Jimmy Hayward & Steve Martino 86m.
Voices of: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Ilsa Fisher.

When Horton the Elephant discovers a microscopic community – Whoville – living on a spec of dust he vows to protect it from his neighbours who refuse to believe it exists. Because “after all, a person is a person, no matter how small”!

Approx end 12.30pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 19 Jul 11.00am

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES (PG)

(US 2008) dir. Mark Waters 96m. Digital.
Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Nick Nolte, Mary-Louise Parker.

When a family move into a creepy mansion on the Spiderwick Estate they soon find themselves caught up in a world they didn't know existed, full of mystical characters and secrets. A wonderfully engaging fantasy that both children and adults alike will find delightful.

Approx end 12.45pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 26 Jul 11.00am

FIREHOUSE DOG (PG)

(US 2007) dir. Tod Holland 111m
Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Bill Nunn.

Rexxx, the world's most famous – and Hollywood's most pampered – pooch is separated from his owner and ends up as the mascot of a hapless fire station. There, he helps a 12-year old boy and his father the fire chief turn the station into the city's finest.

Approx end 1.00pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 2 Aug 11.00am

TALES FROM EARTHSEA (PG)

(Japan 2006) dir. Goro Miyazaki 115m.
Voices of Timothy Dalton, Mariska Hargitay, Willem Dafoe.

In the land of Earthsea, crops are failing and livestock is dying – something is very wrong. Ged, the greatest of wizards, with help from young Arren and Therru, must find the cause of this impending disaster. One thing’s for sure – there’s magic at work… A wondrous new tale from Studio Ghibli, the makers of HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE & SPIRITED AWAY.

Approx end 1.00pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

PLAYCENTRE MATINEES

Tue 10 Jun 4.15pm – THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (PG)
Tue 17 Jun 4.15pm – SPEED RACER (PG)
Tue 24 Jun 4.15pm – MEE-SHEE THE WATER GIANT (PG)
Tue 1 Jul 4.15pm – NIM’S ISLAND (U)
Tue 8 Jul 4.15pm – SURF’S UP (PG)
Tue 15 Jul 4.15pm – HORTON HEARS A WHO! (U)
Tue 22 Jul 4.15pm – THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES (PG)

TICKETS
£1.50 Children
£2.50 Accompanying adults