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5:45pm - Sunday, Dec 28, 2025
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (With Barry Hertz Intro + Q&A)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a high-speed ride through the making of the iconic THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise with award-winning film critic Barry Hertz, followed by a screening of FAST AND FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT.
Buckle up for an adrenaline-fueled deep-dive into one of cinema’s most beloved and explosive franchises as acclaimed film critic Barry Hertz takes the wheel to share the untold story featured in his brand-new book Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious. Barry will pull back the curtain on the high-octane saga’s wild origins, behind-the-scenes drama, and cultural impact. Following that, get ready to take in a screening of TOKYO DRIFT and Barry will stick around for a brief Q&A session following the film.
An unauthorized journey into the makings of a cinematic saga unlike any other, Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World exposes the stranger-than-fan-fiction journey of the Fast franchise from the ground up. Through rigorous behind-the-scenes reporting and incisive cultural commentary, Hertz's ride-or-die epic details every single twist and turn of the FAST & FURIOUS drama, one quarter mile at a time. (By the end, you will believe a car can fly!)
About the Author
Barry Hertz is the award-winning Chief Film Critic for the Globe and Mail, Canada's leading national newspaper, based in Toronto. Over the past two decades, he has reviewed thousands of movies, interviewed hundreds of actors and filmmakers, and covered every angle of the industry from festivals, sets, and markets around the world.
Barry's book Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious will be available for purchase at the Rio Theatre during the event.
Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) always feels like an outsider, but he defines himself through his victories as a street racer. His hobby makes him unpopular with the authorities, so he goes to live with his father in Japan. Once there and even more alienated, he learns about an exciting, but dangerous, new style of the sport. The stakes are high when Sean takes on the local champion and falls for the man's girlfriend. With Zachery Ty Bryan, Lil Bow Wow.
"... Supercharged with some of the best race action yet seen." (Empire Magazine)
"A number of questions spring to mind when considering The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Can the movies possibly get any faster or more furious? What exactly is the Tokyo Drift?" (New York Times)
"'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift' is vile, moronic, sexist and possibly harmful to society. As vile, moronic, sexist and possibly harmful entertainments go, however, it is frequently a hoot." (Toronto Star)
Sunday, December 28
Doors 5:15 pm | Movie 5:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT (Justin Linn, 2006 / 104 mins / 14A) A teenager becomes a major competitor in the world of drift racing after moving in with his father in Tokyo to avoid a jail sentence in America.
